2 GUNS

by
Blake Masters

Based on the graphic novel "2 Guns"

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INT. VAULT, TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - DAY

A wall of identical safe deposit boxes... A black valise
crammed with money... A FERRET-NOSED man, JULIO by name, puts
the cash-filled valise into a box, flips the lid shut... The
box is returned to its slot... A key locks the box door...
INT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - DAY
ROBERT BOBBY TRENCH, aka Bobby T, aka Bobby B, aka
Bobby Beans, (Late 30s, taciturn) studies a BULLET HOLE in
a Victorian marble column. A scar of long ago violence.
Behind Bobby, Ferret Nose emerges from the vault. Bobby
hides his face as Ferret Nose crosses behind him and exits.
MS. YOUNG (early 20s and perky) approaches.
MS. YOUNG
Admiring our bullet hole? Billy
the Kid put that there during a
robbery in 1880.
BOBBY
How much did he get away with?
MS. YOUNG
The vault was locked for the day.
Sheriff did shoot two of Billys
men on the front steps though.
INT. VAULT, TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - DAY
Ms. Young chatters, but Bobby isnt listening.
staring at the wall of safe deposit boxes.
MS. YOUNG
Your box will be available any time
from an hour after opening to 30
minutes before close. Also if you
open a checking account, well give
you 5% off the box along with free
overdraft protection.
BOBBY
And here I was hoping for a free
toaster.
MS. YOUNG
Why would a bank give out toasters?
Bobbys phone RINGS.

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INT. DINER - SAME

MARK STIG STIGMAN (no akas, a manic ball of forward
leaning energy) sits looking out at the sleepy main drag of
Tres Cruces. Specifically at the entrance of the Tres Cruces
S & L where Ferret Nose climbs into a car with two other
rough characters and drives off.
A WAITRESS idles at Stigs table.
STIG (INTO PHONE)
Im ordering you the french toast.
BOBBY (ON PHONE)
No, Ma, nothing important.
STIG (INTO PHONE)
Our very patient waitress, Maggie -at least it says Maggie on her name
tag -- has poured me four cups of
coffee. If I dont order at this
point, its just rude.
WAITRESS
I can come back.
STIG (INTO PHONE)
Im making an executive decision.
Pancakes.
OUT THE WINDOW - CAMERA finds Bobby emerging from the bank,
striding toward the diner.
BOBBY (ON PHONE)
No, no pancakes. I hate pancakes.
STIG (INTO PHONE)
What are you a communist?
(to the Waitress)
Ill have the hash and my friendll
have the pancakes with a fried egg.
BOBBY (ON PHONE)
If she brings me eggs and pancakes,
I will kick your ass.
STIG (INTO PHONE)
You need to eat breakfast. Its
the most important meal of the day.
DOOR CHIMES jingle as Bobby marches in.

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BOBBY
Ignore everything hes said. If
youll just bring me an O.J.,
thatd be great.
STIG
Bring him coffee and toast too.
As the waitress retreats, Stig gives her a big wink.
BOBBY
Why do you have to do that?
Do what?

STIG

BOBBY
Wink at the waitress. You hang her
up for five minutes then give her a
creepy wink like youre gonna ask
her to take a ride in your Camaro.
STIG
Hey, waitresses like me.
BOBBY
Nobody likes you.
STIG
Im a likable guy. Im a good
tipper. So. The bank?
The bank.

BOBBY

As Bobby talks we flash to IMAGES of:

INT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - M.O.S. - EARLIER
Bobby surveys the bank as Ms. Young leads him back to the
vault. The bank is old-fashioned in its architecture but
modern in its security features. In sync with the V.O. Bobby
notes the cameras, position of the guard, alarm buttons, etc.
BOBBY (V.O. - CONT. FROM PREVIOUS)
4 tellers, 1 guard. Bulletproof
glass, multiple security cameras.
The managers office is between the
tellers and the vault so well have
to hope we catch him on the floor.
Beyond that the safe deposit boxes
are just sitting there.

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INT. DINER - CONTINUOUS FROM ABOVE

STIG
So its doable?
Bobby nods.

Stig slaps his hands on the table with glee.

DOOR CHIMES. Two SHERIFFS DEPUTIES enter.

go silent and tight.

Stig and Bobby

Greeting the staff by name, the deputies settle in at the

counter and help themselves to the display of jelly donuts.
The waitress returns with Bobbys O.J. and coffee for Stig.
WAITRESS
Ill be right back with your hash.
STIG
Wait. Maggie. Your jelly donuts,
are they any good?
WAITRESS
Best in three counties.
STIG
Put three in a to-go box.
me, one for him.
Just two.

Two for

BOBBY

Stig flashes three fingers to the waitress as she retreats.

A beat. Without preamble, Stig jumps to his feet.
STIG
Gotta shake the weasel.
As Stig vanishes into the back, one of the cops throws a
glance Bobbys way. Bobby gives the cop a flat look back.
The waitress returns with Stigs hash and the donuts.
BOBBY
I apologize for my friend. He was
kicked in the head as a child.
WAITRESS
Oh, hes not that bad.
No.

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He is.

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Without sitting, he digs out a donut.

STIG
Mmm, these are good.

We should go.

BOBBY
Your food just got here.
Stig flicks his eyes at the cops.
BOBBY (CONTD)
You didnt?
STIG
You ever hear the saying never rob
a bank across from a diner with the
best donuts in three counties?
Bobby stands and tosses cash on the table. Behind the
counter SMOKE begins to curl out of the kitchen.
STIG (CONTD)
Thats all youre gonna leave for a
tip?
BOBBY
You are a complete lunatic, you
know that?
STIG
You gotta leave at least 30%. The
womans about to be out of a job.
The tendrils swell becoming flames as the kitchen is engulfed
in a roaring grease fire.
BOBBY
(tossing down another $10)
This, this is why nobody likes you.
EXT. DINER - CONTINUOUS
Bobby and Stig saunter out the door and back to their car.
Behind them smoke billows. Chaos. Shouts. Alarms. Patrons
and wait-staff flee. A FIREBALL blows out the windows.
FREEZE FRAME: Bobby & Stig in F.G.; the blazing diner in B.G.
MAIN TITLE CARD: 2 GUNS

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EXT. GRECO RANCH - DAY

SUPERTITLE: MEXICO
A private kingdom in the Sonora desert. Ancient stone walls.
Adobe buildings. Vaqueros on horseback work EXPANSIVE
LIVESTOCK PENS.
FIND Bobby and Stig speeding along. Past BARNS that house
not just cattle but processing areas for cocaine and heroin.
Past a DIRT AIRSTRIP where bales of marijuanas are being
loaded onto a piper cub. Up to the MAIN HOUSE where a rowdy
barbecue is underway. Half a cow on a spit. Narco corridos
on the stereo. No bling, no bimbos in mini skirts. Just
hard men eating, drinking and slinging dominos.
Bobby and Stig are greeted by RUDY (knife-scarred and wily).
Rudy shakes hands with Bobby. Stig, he ignores.
RUDY
Papis down in the stables.
BOBBY
Go get something to eat.
STIG
Im not hungry.
BOBBY
Stig, you and I are here to do
business. Diplomatically. If
closing this deal involved shooting
the wings off a fly while driving
on two wheels through a ring of
fire, Id be the one getting
something to eat.
STIG
I can be diplomatic.
A glare from Bobby.

Stig goes.

Reluctantly.

INT. STABLES, GRECO RANCH - DAY

Bobby, toting a duffle, is lead inside and down into a
network of ancient tunnels that run beneath the ranch.

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INT. TUNNELS - CONTINUOUS

Rudy pauses at an antechamber and motions for Bobby to wait.
Nearby savage LAUGHTER erupts from a group of MEAN CHARACTERS
who are taking turns peeking inside a bowling ball bag.
MEAN #1 (OSCAR) holds the bag toward Bobby. Wanna see?
Bobby shrugs. Oscar comes over. And with great flare snaps
the bag open under Bobbys nose.
We see nothing more than a wisp of hair, but the half-flinch
in Bobbys expression is enough to tell us theres a human
head inside. Oscar and the others CACKLE.
Returning, Rudy shoos the toughs and waves Bobby on.
INT. VAULTED CHAMBER BELOW THE STABLES, GRECO RANCH - DAY
Seated on a wooden crate MANUEL PAPI GRECO (a man of earth
and blood) plucks the feathers from a duck carcass. Looming
in the corner is Ferret-Nose Julio from the bank.
PAPI GRECO
I-know-a-guy Bobby. Quick: an
ostrich, a tank of ether, and a 55
Thunderbird.
BOBBY
Will you take a 56?
PAPI GRECO
In El Paso by Wednesday?
BOBBY
I know a guy.
Papi finds this game a chuckle. He squishes his fingers into
the flesh of the duck and digs out three pellets of buckshot.
BOBBY (CONTD)
Not for nothing, but whos the head
in the bag?
My cousin.

PAPI GRECO

BOBBY
Little Toro?

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PAPI GRECO
Julio caught him skimming. Not that
I blame Little Toro. Everybody skims
a little cream, its human nature.
But just cuz its human, dont mean
you let it go.
Papi takes a hatchet - THWACK - chops off the ducks head.
PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
That for me?
Bobby pulls a shiny new CHAINSAW from his duffle.
BOBBY
The gas-powered MS 270. Throttle
trigger interlock, bumper spikes,
quickstop chain-brake.
Setting aside the duck, Papi comes over to examine his new
toy. Bobby sets a protective hand on the saw.
BOBBY (CONTD)
Wheres my present?
Papi motions to Ferret-Nosed Julio who tosses Bobby a
satchel. Inside are 200 blank passports and 400 blank social
security cards. Bobby examines them. His expression sours.
BOBBY (CONTD)
These are garbage.
PAPI GRECO
Theyre what I got.
BOBBY
If I take these, Im telling you I
dont know my business, and I know
my business.
A sudden air of menace hangs.

Papis boys glower.

PAPI GRECO
You too good for my product?
BOBBY
Im saying anyone whod take these
is stupid, desperate, or looking to
put you in jail. Which one you
think I am?
A beat.

Papi looks to his boys.

Then shrugs/smirks.

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PAPI GRECO
I told you he wouldnt take em.
BOBBY
So, what, is that it?
test?

I pass your

PAPI GRECO
Its not just you. After Little
Toro were running everybody
through the blender. If it soothes
your ego, Ill give you 39,000 for
the 56 Thunderbird. Assuming its
mint.
THWACK - Papi chops off the ducks feet.
EXT. NEAR THE STABLES, GRECO RANCH - DAY
Four ROUGHNECKS shoot at a line of chickens buried up to
their necks in the dirt. Bets are traded. A bottle is
passed. Stig sits nearby finishing a plate of barbecue.
STIG
Thats not very sporting. What
chance are you giving the chickens?
The roughnecks trade scornful remarks in Spanish and return
to their game. Stig hurls a leg bone at them. They stop.
They glare.
STIG (CONTD)
If Im gonna kill a defenseless
animal, Im gonna honor its
sacrifice by grilling it up into
some tasty barbecue. What Im not
gonna do, is torture it just to
prove Im a crappy shot who cant
hit anything further away than his
own pecker.
OVER BY THE STABLES Rudy walks Bobby back out into the harsh Mexican sunlight.
They spot Stig jousting with the roughnecks.
RUDY
Looks like your junkyard dogs off
the chain again.
Bobby grumbles/sighs and marches over to Stig.

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BOBBY
What are you doing?
STIG
Theyre torturing those chickens.
A roughneck curses at Stig in Spanish.
STIG (CONTD)
Say that in English, monkey boy.
BOBBY
Stig. Look at me. You see that
bag on the buffet table?
Bobby points over at the barbecue/party where the men with
the bowling ball bag have joined the others.
STIG
Between the ribs and the potato
salad?
BOBBY
Theres a human head inside.
STIG
Aw, sonofa... That is uncool; that
is not cool.
The roughnecks mutter Spanish curses.
Bobby grabs Stig. Stig calms.

Stig lunges at them.

STIG (CONTD)
Its all right. Im all right.
Stig and Bobby turn to go. Behind them the roughnecks
CHUCKLE. That tears it. In one seamless motion Stig whips
around and shoots the heads off all five chickens.
EXT. GRECO RANCH - DAY
Bobby and Stig walk back across the ranch to their car.
STIG
I hate Mexico. I hate the dust, I
hate the desert, I hate the beer.
BOBBY
Im sure it hates you back.
STIG
You dont think Papi suspects?

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BOBBY
If Papi knew we were planning to
rip him off, itd be our heads in
that bag by the potato salad.
STIG
Nah, our two headsd never fit in a
bag that small.
EXT. U.S./MEXICO BORDER - DAY
The colossal border jam up. Car and buses and smoke belching
trucks await inspection. Lines of day laborers cross on
foot, ready to work hard. If they can find work, that is.
Bobby and Stig sit in their non-moving car in the non-moving
line. Bobby looks into the station wagon beside them. 5
Mexican house painters with sun-creased faces look back.
STIG
Papis guy delivers a briefcase
full of money to that bank every
two weeks. At that rate hes gotta
have, what, two mil stashed there?
BOBBY
Math sounds right.
STIG
What happens if we get caught?
BOBBY
If we get caught, itll be your
fault and Ill kill you.
STIG
Sure, whatever, but say we do? And
say Papi Greco mangles my corpse,
runs it through a sawmill,
something like that, would you come
after him?
Nope.

BOBBY

STIG
You wouldnt kill him? Because if
he did that to you Id kill him.
BOBBY
Then youre an idiot.

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STIG
You know why Id kill him, because
youre my people and theres a code.
BOBBY
First up: there is no code. You do
what you have to do. The rest is
just stuff that makes you stupid.
STIG
And second?
(a look from Bobby)
Right. Were not people.
Because you, you dont have people.
Bingo.

Bobby and Stig roll up to the inspection booth.

BORDER GUARD
Purpose for you visit to Mexico?
BOBBY
Quail hunting.
STIG
My aunt in Tuba City had a heart
attack so we cut our trip short.

The guard considers Bobby and Stig. Considers their

documents. Then retreats inside the shack.
Tuba City?

BOBBY

STIG
Its near Odessa.
BOBBY
Nice place?
STIG
Hell hole but she is my favorite
aunt.
A sudden commotion. Boots. Guns. Swarming men in kevlar.
Before Bobby and Stig can react their car is surrounded by 15
armed border agents. M-16s leveled, fingers on triggers.
INT. GARAGE BORDER INSPECTION STATION - DAY
A team of border agents tear apart Bobby and Stigs car.

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INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY

A UNIFORMED BORDER AGENT grills Stig. DEA AGENT DEB REES
(driven, but not without a sense of humor) observes.
UNIFORMED AGENT
Tell Agent Rees about Papi Greco.
STIG

Who?
Papi.

DEB
Greco.

STIG
He some kind of Mexican Santa
Claus?
DEB
I didnt fall off the turnip truck,
Mr. Stigman and my roots arent
blonde so how bout you stop
playing the stupid card?
STIG
No maam. Its my intent to
cooperate with whatever you need.
As an American, I know youre just
doing your job and sometimes
innocent folks like me get caught
up in the system. Its like with
the airlines. They didnt lose
your bag on purpose, but everybody
takes it so personal. I bet you
two see a lot of frowning faces.
Stig winks at Deb.

Deb rolls her eyes and exits.

INT. INTERVIEW ROOM, NUMBER 2 - DAY

A similar HARD-CASE BORDER AGENT grills Bobby. DEA
SUPERVISING AGENT MARLON JESSUP (decent, dedicated) sits in
on this one.
HARD-CASE
Tell us about your trip.
Lawyer.

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HARD-CASE
Whats the big deal?
down in Sonora?
Lawyer.

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You were just

BOBBY

HARD-CASE
(re: Jessup)
You think Agent Jessup and the DEA
dont know about you and Papi
Greco? They know you were at his
ranch.
Lawyer.

BOBBY

Hard-Case bristles. Jessup puts a hand on his shoulder and

nods for Hard-Case to step out. Hard-Case goes. A beat.
JESSUP
Five border agents are ripping
apart your car as we speak.
BOBBY
Theyre not gonna find anything.
JESSUP
Whered you hide the passports?
BOBBY
There are no passports.
JESSUP
What are you talking about? The deal
was in place. A hand to hand buy
from Papi Greco for 200 passports.
BOBBY
I turned them down.
(off Jessups disbelief)
They were third rate crap.
Deb enters.
DEB
Your pal, Stigs a piece of work.
BOBBY
He winked at you, didnt he?
JESSUP
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BOBBY
Papi was testing me. If Id taken
the passports, Id never have
gotten off the ranch alive.
JESSUP
You sure about that?
BOBBY
Dont insult me. Ive got four
years in on this. I have waded
through sewage. I had a bag with a
human head in it shoved under my
nose, okay?
JESSUP
I know. I know all youve been
through and I know how youve had
to give your life over to playing
the part of Bobby Beans.
BOBBY
I can get Papi Greco. I have an
angle. The only trick is I need
you to let me rob the Tres Cruces
Savings & Loan.
JESSUP
You want to rob a bank?
BOBBY
No. Stig wants to rob the bank.
It was his idea, he approached me,
no entrapment. What I want is for
you to help me stop him, just not
until hes accessed the safe
deposit boxes.
JESSUP
And just why does Stig want to
break into the safe deposit boxes?
BOBBY
Because Papi Greco has two million
dollars stashed there, and if we
can access the money -- like if it
was evidence in a failed robbery -we can nail him for unreported tax
evasion and possibly RICO.
DEB
What happens to Stig?

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BOBBY
He takes it hard on a class B
felony, does 20 years like a good
fish. Who cares?
JESSUP
Im not going to like the answer,
but why not just get a warrant?
BOBBY
We cant. I cant prove how I know
what I know. At least not in open
court.
JESSUP
Because how you know it is in
violation of the rules of evidence?
BOBBY
Dont ask / dont tell.
No.

JESSUP

DEB
If itll get us our man...
JESSUP
Its suborning felony robbery.
BOBBY
Its only felony robbery if I get
away with the money.
JESSUP
There are rules to what we do,
Agent Trench. They stink and
theyre awkward, but theyre the
rules weve agreed to play by.
Bobby scoffs/burns.
BOBBY
You cant fight an avalanche with a
teaspoon.
JESSUP
Maybe we cant. But were sure
gonna dig like hell.

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EXT. BORDER CROSSING / HIGHWAY - DAY

Bobby and Stig drive away in their reassembled car.
jiggles his seat.

Stig

STIG
I think my seats loose. You ever
get flagged like that before?
Nope.

BOBBY

STIG
Its like they thought wed be
holding. Which we woulda been if
those passports had been any good.
(a look from Bobby)
Im just saying.
BOBBY
Then say it.
Stig reaches into his belt, pulls out a knife.
STIG
Are you playing me? Cuz if I
hadnt spent the last ten months at
your side, Id think you werent
really I-Know-A-Guy Bobby the man
who can get anyone anything. Id
think you were playing me.
Tension hang for a beat.

Then Bobby scoffs and smiles.

BOBBY
Put that pig-sticker away.
STIG
(laughs)
I had you. The corner of your eye,
it twitched. Just a little bit.
Damn. Lets get some tacos or
something.
BOBBY
You gonna wink at the waitress?
Hell yeah.

STIG

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INT. NO-TELL MOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

Bobby sloshes whiskey around in a plastic cup.
stirs in bed beside him.

A figure

DEB
Thats five bucks you owe me for
thinking about work.
BOBBY
You think Jessup knows about us?
DEB
What us? You dont do us and I
am in a relationship.
Fetching a plastic wrapped cup from the bathroom, Deb pours
herself a matching whiskey.
BOBBY
Right, your imaginary boyfriend,
Harvey.
DEB
His names not Harvey.
Why not?
to it.

BOBBY
Harveys got a great ring

DEB
You dont get to be jealous, Bobby.
Not anymore.
Bobby stifles a twinge but only half-way succeeds.
considers Bobby.
DEB (CONTD)
You want me to take a run at
Jessup, dont you?
BOBBY
The bank will get us Papi Greco.
DEB
And in the end thats all that
matters to you?
BOBBY
Its not like I got a bunch of
hobbies. The jobs what Ive got.
Its the elephant I carry.

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DEB
(resigned/disappointed)
All right, Ill talk to him.
if he still says no...
Bobby gives her a kiss on the head.
his cup and starts to dress.

But

Then swills the rest of

DEB (CONTD)
Did you ever really love me?
BOBBY
Of course, I did.
DEB
Ask a silly question...
BOBBY
I meant to love you. The rooms
paid up for another 3 hours.
DEB
You always take me to the classiest
joints.
INT. BOBBYS TOWNHOUSE - NIGHT
A bland unit in a bland development. Bobby enters. Silence,
lonely and hollow, hangs. Tossing his keys and gun on the
table, Bobby goes into the BEDROOM and -WHAP - a PHONE BOOK smacks Bobby. Bobby thuds to the floor.
Papi Greco steps over Bobby. With Papi are Rudy and FerretNose Julio.
PAPI GRECO
I miss old fashion phone books.
Policemans best friend, right?
But then youd know. Because you
are an undercover agent of the DEA.
Rudy and Julio hoist Bobby up. Papi slams the phone book
into Bobbys gut. Bobby groan/gasp/moans.
PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
If you feel its your duty to give
me a couple denials, Ill respect
that. Im not gonna believe you
and Rudys just gonna kick you
upside the head, but feel free.

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BOBBY
No. No, you got me. Im a cop.
And youre all under arrest.
WHAP - phone book shot to the temple.
PAPI GRECO
I should kill you. But killing a
federal agent draws a whole rain of
crap. So instead, I was thinking:
what do you figure might happen if
a hundred thousand unexplained
dollars materialized in your
checking account?
Bobby sees where Papis going.
PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
The only thing DEA hates more than
drug dealers is crooked agents.
But then 4 years deep cover, you
were bound to go bad.
BOBBY
Who burned me?
PAPI GRECO
It was Saint Peter and Virgin Mary.
You think Im gonna tell you? I.
Am not. An asshole.
Papi stomps Bobbys chest.

Bobby gasps/yowls/moans.

BOBBY
Your mothers a one legged whore.
PAPI GRECO
You trying to get me to shoot you?
Bobby. Its too much fun watching
you squirm. Besides, truth is she
was a whore. Two legs though.
Enjoy prison. I hear they do
entertaining things to dirty cops.
Papi tosses aside the phone book and exits. Delivering final
kicks to the gut, Rudy and Ferret-Nose Julio follow.
INT. 7-11 - NIGHT
Bobby scuttles in. Inserts his card into the ATM. His
balance flashes $108,763.31 Bobby slams the machine.
kid behind the counter glares.

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INT. BULLPEN, EL PASO BRANCH OF THE DEA - DAY

Deb works at her desk.

Bobby hurries in.

BOBBY
I need you to come with me.
DEB
I havent had a chance to brace
Jessup.
ACROSS THE BULLPEN - Jessup calls out from his office.
JESSUP
Bobby. If youll come in my office
for a minute.
BOBBY
One sec.
(pulling Debs arm)
Come on, lets go, we gotta get out
of here.
DEB
Whats wrong?
JESSUP
Now, Bobby. Please.
A beat.

No real option, Bobby reluctantly comes.

INT. JESSUPS OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Sit down.

JESSUP

Bobby reads Jessups face. He notes the bank records laying

on Jessups desk. Jessup knows.
BOBBY
Papi Greco planted the money in my
account.
Sit down.

JESSUP

BOBBY
He knows Im close to nailing him.
JESSUP
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Bobbys screwed.
BOBBY
This is... I am a lot of things but
I am not on the take.
JESSUP
Then the truth will bear that out.
Pending an investigation, you are
as of now on unpaid administrative
leave. Im sorry.

EXT. PARKING LOT, FEDERAL BUILDING - DAY

DEB
What are you gonna do?
BOBBY
I dont know. Im... You know Id
never...
I know.

DEB

BOBBY
(a beat then)
Ill rob the Tres Cruces.
Bobby...

DEB

BOBBY
The bank gives us Papi Greco. When
Papi falls, one of his boysll
flip, testify the money was planted
in my account.
DEB
Or we could wait for the
investigation to run its course.
BOBBY
The bosses already think Im
guilty. Theyll shuffle papers for
six months then wipe their hands.
DEB
And just when were you thinking of
committing this act of lunacy?
BOBBY
What are you doing for lunch?

22.

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23.

DEB
You are completely hamstringing me
on this.
BOBBY
Im protecting you by giving you no
other option.
INT. STIGS APARTMENT - DAY
A highly unfinished loft in a rundown building. The space is
chopped up by dividers with windows along one whole wall.
Stig lounges on a Goodwill sofa eating fistfuls of Fruit
Loops and blowing shit up on X-box. O.S. a fist POUNDS at
the door. Its Bobby.
BOBBY
Lets hit the bank.
INT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - DAY
The ornate wall clock shows 12:55. The customers and tellers
go about their business oblivious to the impending storm.
EXT. TRES CRUCES / INT. WORK VAN - DAY
Bobby checks his guns. Stig holds up two Halloween masks:
evil clown and Frankenstein.
STIG
Who you want, clown or Frankie?
Frankie.

BOBBY

STIG
You saying Im a clown?
BOBBY
I dont care.
STIG
I'm kidding. You can have Frankie.
Bobby considers Stig.

An IMAGE flashes in Bobbys mind:

FLASH TO:

BOBBYS IMAGINATION - Bobby and Stig rush out of the bank

right into the teeth of a DEA ambush.

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24.

Stig looks over at Bobby. Realizes Bobby has betrayed him.

Stig drops the money, levels his gun at Bobby... Only to be
cut down by a hail of DEA bullets.
CUT BACK TO:
You good?
Yeah.

STIG (CONTD)
BOBBY

STIG
Not gonna back out on me?
No.

BOBBY

Bobby and Stig pull on their masks and kick open the doors.
INT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - SAME
Business continues undisturbed as OUTSIDE THE WINDOW two men
in masks climb out of a van...
EXT. MAIN STREET, TRES CRUCES - SAME
Bobby and Stig stride down the street... And right on past
the bank...
INT. TRES CRUCES POLICE STATION - SAME
OFFICER DAVE (the native American desk officer) chats with
OFFICER PHIL (paunchy ex-marine).
OFFICER PHIL
...So whatd you do with the
Remington 22?
OFFICER DAVE
I traded it to my cousin for an
espresso machine.
OFFICER PHIL
You need special beans for that?
Bobby and Stig blow in, guns levelled.
STIG
If you gentlemen will refrain from
reaching for your firearms.

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25.

BOBBY
How many other people in the
building?
OFFICER PHIL
Just Naomi and the Chief.
OFFICER DAVE
Whyd you tell em that?
The CHIEF steps out of the back office nose in a magazine.
Stig grabs him, slams him to the floor.
Easy.

BOBBY

CHIEF
What the heck is this?
STIG
Its a bank robbery. Only instead
of robbing the bank then letting
you chase us, we figured wed come
get you first.
NAOMI (the office assistant) enters.
from her hand. Shatters.

The coffee cup drops

BOBBY
You must be Naomi.
INT. HOLDING CELLS, TRES CRUCES POLICE STATION - DAY
Stig and Bobby lock the cops in a cell.
STIG
Think we should leave them some
water?
BOBBY
Anybody thirsty?
(no hands)
Theyre fine.
STIG
Theyre gonna be in there a while.
Bobby sighs. Marches out. Then marches back in with a flat
of water bottles which he drops by the cell door.
Can we go?

BOBBY

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26.

INT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - DAY

Bobby and Stig storm the bank. Bobby pins the guard, takes
his sidearm. Stig spidermans over the bullet proof glass and
corrals the tellers.
BOBBY
Ladies behind the counter, keep your
hands visible and off the alarms.
BANK MANAGER
Its all right, girls. Just give
them the drawer cash.
STIG
(gun to the managers nose)
Did we ask for the drawer cash?
Stig spots the guard inching a hand toward an ankle holster.
Guard.

STIG (CONT'D)

Bobby seamlessly whirls, kicks away the guards backup piece.

BOBBY
We are being polite about this.
Sit tight. Itll be over soon.
Bobby tosses his backpack to Stig. Stig grabs the manager,
ushers him back to the LOCKED VAULT GATE.
STIG
Open the gate.
BANK MANAGER
I dont have the key.
Stig rips open the managers shirt revealing a key on a
lanyard. Dragging the manager by the lanyard, Stig unlocks
the gate then deposits the manager on his butt.
Sit fido.

STIG

UP FRONT - Bobby notes a quivering FEMALE CUSTOMER.

near tears. He leans down and whispers to her.
BOBBY
Just pretend youre not here.
Bobbys empathy only makes the woman cry harder.

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27.

BOBBY (CONTD)
Sing a song. Row, row, row your
boat? Go ahead. Row, row, row
your boat...
SCARED WOMAN
Row, row, row your boat / gently
down the stream...
Everybody.

BOBBY

Encouraged by Bobbys gun, the bank patrons join together

in a shaky rendition of Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
BACK IN THE VAULT - Stig hangs a net strung with magnetic
charges across the wall of safe deposit boxes.
Stig arms
the detonator. The magnets activate attaching themselves to
the doors of the boxes. Stig retreats outside the vault.
STIG
Fire in the hole!
BOOM! Smoke billows. Stig rushes back into the vault. The
box doors are all blown off their hinges. Stig pulls out two
boxes. Both contain money-stuffed attache cases.
Stig opens two more boxes. They also contain money-stuffed
cases. As do the next two. And the next two. And the two
after that.
STIG (CONTD)
Uh, Frankie?
Bobby edges back toward the vault.
cash-crammed attache cases.

Sees Stig surrounded by

STIG (CONTD)
Theyre all filled with money.
BOBBY
I thought Papi only had two safe
deposit boxes.
STIG
I got 18 and counting.
BOBBY
(grabbing the manager)
Whose money is this?
BANK MANAGER
I, I, I, please--

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STIG
Forget it. We take the money.
Figure it out later.
Stig grabs a stack of bank satchels and starts loading.
Bobby returns to the MAIN ROOM. Out of Stigs earshot he
sidles up to the prostrate Security Guard.
BOBBY
Listen to me. When we leave,
theres gonna be police gunfire.
When it hits, get everyone behind
the counter.
The guard nods, albeit warily.
toting five sacks of money.

Stig emerges from the vault,

STIG
There are four more in the vault.
Bobby hesitates, then goes to the vault, grabs the remaining
money. Together he and Stig march toward the front doors...
FLASH TO:
BOBBYS IMAGINATION - The image of Stig getting riddled by
DEA gunfire plays over and over in Bobbys mind...
CUT BACK TO:
Bobby slows allowing Stig to drift ahead of him.
out the doors and...

Stig bangs

EXT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - DAY

...Nothing. The street is quiet. No ambush.
DEA. Bobby is stunned to say the least.
Come on.

No cops.

No

STIG

Bobby, not knowing what else to do, follows Stig back to the
van. They heave the money in back and roar off.
EXT. HIGHWAY OUT OF TOWN / INT. VAN - DAY
Stig drives. Bobby reels. He just robbed a bank. Up ahead
a two car caravan zooms at them. As the cars pass, Bobby
spots Deb in the lead car with 4 WINDBREAKER CLAD DEA AGENTS.

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29.

Bobby peers into his side mirror. The DEA caravan keeps
right on going. Getting smaller and smaller....
INT. DEBS CAR - SAME
DEB
Is this as fast as you can go?

Go.

EXT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - DAY

The DEA cars roll up on the bank. Deb sees the milling
crowd, realizes they are too late to stop anything.
DEB
Keep going.
(when the driver hesitates)
You want the world knowing one of
our guys just robbed a bank? Go.
The DEA cars roll past the bank and off down the street.
EXT. SCRUBBY MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - DAY
Nothing but arroyos and scrub brush. Bobby and Stig peer
into the van at the massive pile of money and attache cases.
Their expressions are of concern rather than joy.
STIG
We couldnt just be the luckiest
chumps on the face of the earth?
BOBBY
You feel lucky?
STIG
How much you think is there?
BOBBY
Packs of hundreds, 60 packets per
case. 70, 80 million?
Stig punches the van.

Walks away.

Kicks the dirt.

STIG
Money like this, someones gonna
come looking for it.
Bobby braces for what he knows he has to do.
palms his DEA shield.

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BOBBY
(turning)
Ive got some bad news.
youre--

30.

Im afraid

REVEAL - Stig, gun leveled right at Bobby.

badge before Stig can see it.

Bobby hides his

STIG
I really like you, you know?
BOBBY
I like you too.
STIG
No, you dont. Its okay.
likes me.

Nobody

BOBBY
Thats not true. Youre a likeable
guy. Just put down the gun.
STIG
Im sorry.

I cant.

Orders.

BOBBY

Wait--

STIG
Ive gotta shoot you now.
No no no--

BOBBY

Stig shoots Bobby in the shoulder.

Dammit.

Bobby tumbles to the dirt.

STIG
Hell. Im sorry, okay?

Bobby gasps/moans. Stig feels like crap. He fetches a water

bottle from the van, sets it down beside Bobby.
STIG (CONTD)
Here you go.
Stig spots Bobbys shield laying in the dirt.
polishes it with his thumb.
Sonofa...

Stig spit

STIG (CONTD)
Damn, Bobby. Damn.

Stig tosses the badge aside. Gets in the van and roars off.
Bobby tries to get to his knees. He collapses. Out.

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31.

INT. BATHROOM, HOTEL SUITE - DAY

A Naval Academy ring rests on the sink beside the minishampoos emblazoned with the name of the hotel: Camino Real,
El Paso. Hands turn off the faucet and put the ring back
on. The hands belong to THE ADMIRAL (U.S.N.).
INT. HOTEL SUITE - CONTINUOUS
The Admiral returns to the living room where the coffee table
is piled with the stolen cash from the Tres Cruses S&L.
REVEAL - Stig in the uniform of a Naval Petty Officer. Also
present is SEAL MASTER CHIEF QUINCE. Stig snaps to and
salutes. Quince pours coffee for the Admiral.
ADMIRAL
That is an impressive mound of
greenbacks.
STIG
Eighty-one million five hundred
thirty two thousand.
ADMIRAL
(to Quince)
Recount the money, then pack it up.
Well stow it in my safe back in
Corpus.
STIG
My impression was we were supposed
to come out of the bank with two
million at most.
The Admiral nods/mmm and sips his coffee.
STIG (CONTD)
You know, sir, itd be polite if
you showed at least a little
surprise. Whos money is it?
ADMIRAL
Bad men unworthy of it.
Stig doesnt like the Admirals non-answer but hes an
Admiral and Stigs not.
ADMIRAL (CONTD)
Otherwise all went well?

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4-A, sir.

32.

STIG

ADMIRAL
And Mr. Bobby Beans?
STIG
Put a bullet in him.
the desert.
Dead?

Left him in

ADMIRAL

STIG
More than likely.
ADMIRAL
Your orders were to kill him.
STIG
My orders were to shoot him.
never said kill.

You

ADMIRAL
Son, the whole point of you
partnering with Bobby Beans was to
create a cut-out so the robbery
couldnt be traced back to us.
STIG
My covers solid.
itll trace back.

Theres no way

ADMIRAL
Thats a call made above your pay
grade. Chief Quince take Petty
Officer Stigman back out to the
desert, make sure our cut-outs
dead.
QUINCE
Done and dusted, sir.
STIG
Did you know he was a DEA agent?
No.

ADMIRAL
I didnt.

STIG
No offense, but you really need to
work on your surprised face.

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ADMIRAL
If Bobby Beans was DEA, he helped you
rob a bank which makes him dirty and
for that Ive got no mercy.
EXT. SCRUBBY MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - DAY
Bobby rouses.

The sun blares down.

His breath is labored.

BOBBY
Get up, you stupid sonofabitch.
Bobby wills himself to his feet. The landscape is empty to
the horizon. He staggers forward.
TIME BECOMES LIQUID... Bobbys feet shuffling in the dirt...
His chest heaving... Blood seeping from his shoulder... Down
his arm...
Bobby drops to all fours. Blood, his blood, drips to the
arid ground and balls up like quicksilver.
A shadow appears over Bobby. An a 11 YEAR-OLD MEXICAN BOY on
a played-out horse. The boy has a .22 rifle, and its aimed
right at Bobby.
BOY
You coyote or drug runner?
BOBBY
Im... Im a police officer.
BOY
Wheres your badge?
I lost it.

BOBBY

BOY
Coyotes left 6 people in the desert
last week. Promised to get them
across the border. Took their
money, left them to die.
Bobby cant believe the absurdity of this.
BOBBY
Im goddamn bleeding here.
BOY
Not my fault.

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34.

Bobby lunges for the boys rifle. The boy smacks Bobby with
the rifle butt and rides off. Bobby chases, but the boy just
gallops further and further away until Bobbys legs give out
and he tumbles to the pavement -- yes, pavement -- as he has
collapsed along a two lane highway.
EXT. ROAD / INT. TRUCK - MOVING - SAME
MICKEY GALLAHAD rolls along in his 1995 pick-up with a camper
top and an RV trailer in tow. Reaching into a paper bag he
pulls out a newly purchased FLESHLIGHT (a flashlight-shaped
sexual aid). Mickey bites open the plastic and unzips.
MICKEY
Come to daddy.
Up ahead Mickey spots a blood-caked man laying in the middle
of the road. Its Bobby, of course. Mickey swerves and
stomps the brakes. Climbing out, he hustles over.
Jesus.

MICKEY (CONTD)
Mister, are you okay?

Bobby looks up at Mickey.

At the fleshlight in his hand.

BOBBY
What the hell is that?
MICKEY
This? Its, um... Dang.
pocket pussy.
Bobby considers Mickey.

Its a

Then simply pulls out his gun.

CUT TO:

Bobby drives off in Mickeys truck leaving Mickey by the side

of the road with his fleshlight and his RV trailer.
INT. SLUM HOUSE, UNKNOWN FOREIGN COUNTRY - DAY
EARL FULLMAN (50, slim tie, silver western-style bracelet on
his wrist) washes his hands at the grimy sink.
EARL
The United States is the greatest
country in the world. Because we
accept that man at his core is
greedy, selfish, and covetous.

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35.

Earl rifles the cabinets. Finds a box of Lucky Charms.

Pouring a bowl, he picks out the marshmallows and places them
in a tidy stack. In the F.G. sits a FIGURE tied to a chair.
EARL (CONTD)
We dont try to ameliorate these
qualities, fence them in. We
embrace them. We line everybody
up, say, youre on your own boys,
grab all you can grab. Thats why
well always win. Because we dont
fight the ugly truth of human
nature.
A THICK NECKED FELLOW with sunglasses and an ear piece enters
toting a satellite phone. Earl takes the handset.
EARL (INTO PHONE) (CONT'D)
Yeah?... When?... How much did they
get?... What was our money doing in
a bank in New Mexico?... Ill be on
the next transport.
Earl tosses the phone back to Agent Thick Neck.
EARL (CONTD)
Pack it up. Were out of here.
THICK
What about...
Earl looks back at his audience. The man in the chair is
blindfolded and naked with electrodes strapped to his balls.
EARL
Leave him as lunch meat for the
rats.
Earl exits.

Agent Thick Neck and his LEAN partner follow.

INT. KENNEL, VET OFFICE - DAY

PATSY (19, chipper) bops to the latest groove on her iPod as
she coos at the dogs and the cats and even the iguana.
PATSY
Dinner time my cuties. Chester.
Igor. Hows my Stumpy?
Rounding the corner, Patsy comes up short. Propped against
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BOBBY
You must be Dr. Kens new
assistant.
INT. VET OFFICE - LATER
Bobby sits on the table as a flustered DR. KEN inspects
Bobbys gunshot wound. Patsy loiters in the corner.
DR. KEN
Jesus, Bobby, Jesus, what am I
supposed to do with this?
BOBBY
Stitch me up, take the bullet out.
DR. KEN
Im a vet not a trauma surgeon.
Something like this, Jesus. You
gotta go.
BOBBY
Kenny, you remember offering to
sell me 500 hits of Ketamine last
month?
DR. KEN
You said you werent interested.
BOBBY
Im a DEA agent, Kenny. And if you
dont stitch me up, Im gonna tell
the DA how you like to cruise Tori
Amos concerts selling Special K to
weepy college girls.
DR. KEN
Youre not a cop.
Bobby grabs Dr. Ken, squishes his face against the wall.
BOBBY
You have the right to remain
silent. You have the right to have
an attorney present during
questioning. Do I keep going?
DR. KEN
Whatever, okay, Ill do it.

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37.

BOBBY
(to Patsy)
Your boss is a real swell guy.
DR. KEN
And youre the humanitarian of the
year.
EXT. SCRUBBY MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - DAY
Quince picks Bobbys shield up out of the dust. Over by the
car, Stig watches Quince huddle with two more SEALs, MINI
(whos anything but) and TEEMO (compact, intense).
TEEMO
Blood trail heads off SouthSoutheast. There are a couple of
deep washes but no sign of a body.
Quince shoots a look at Stig then calls the Admiral.
Gazing off, Stig spots a coyote. Wild and alone. The coyote
gazes back, then suddenly takes off after a small critter.
All teeth and snarl.
QUINCE
He wants to talk to you.
Stig takes the phone.
ADMIRAL (O.S. - ON THE PHONE)
Youve put us in quite a hole.
STIG
I dont see it that way, sir, but
youre the man with the stars.
ADMIRAL (O.S. - ON THE PHONE)
All the pride I had in you, the way
you conducted your mission, you
tossed it to the wind.
Stig is honestly stung by the Admirals disapproval.
Yes, sir.

STIG
Im sorry, sir.

In the warped reflection of the car windshield, Stig spots

Mini coming up behind him, a black hood in hand....
Stig spins as Mini whips the hood over Stigs head. Stig
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Teemo and Quince draw their guns.

Bullets spray.

38.

Stig dives over the hood.

Beneath the car Stig sees the feet of the SEALs moving to
flank him. Stig sprints for a nearby arroyo. Ricochets
chase his heels as he slides/tumbles into the wash.
The fire-fight becomes hide & seek through the scrub pine.
Everyone moving fast and low.
Quince spots Stig. Charges after him. Breaks through a
stand of trees and -- WHAM -- Stig levels Quince with a
branch. Quince kicks out and sweeps Stigs legs.
The two men grapple. Quince goes for Stigs eyes with his
thumbs. Stig bites Quinces fingers. They roll apart.
Quince clambers after his fallen pistol.
out of the wash. Quince fires. Wide.

Stig scrambles up

The SEALs chase Stig up out of the wash but at the top there
is no sign of him.
A darting shadow draws the aim of all three men.
Quince takes a shot at it in frustration.

The coyote.

O.S. They hear the CAR ENGINE rev. Quince and the SEALs race
back toward the car. But Stig and the car are gone.
INT. HOTEL SUITE - NIGHT
The phone rings.

The Admiral answers.

INTERCUT WITH:
EXT. PHONE BOOTH ALONG HIGHWAY - SAME
STIG
Whose money is it, sir?
somebody pretty scary.

Must be

ADMIRAL
Where are you?
STIG
You told me it was
told me thered be
all of it would go
of the men we lost

drug money. You

two million and
to the families
in Kashmir.

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39.

ADMIRAL
I told you what you needed to hear
to go through with the mission.
STIG
The Navy taught me honor, sir. It
taught me to fight the enemy and
protect my own.
ADMIRAL
I think youre under a mistaken
impression.
I was.

STIG

ADMIRAL
Listen to me. We both love our
country-STIG
Dont. Please. I still believe in
the values the Navy taught me, sir.
I just dont believe in you.
ADMIRAL
Im sorry to hear that. Im even
more sorry to hear that you went
AWOL 3 months ago and shot an MP.
STIG
Did I kill him?
ADMIRAL
I havent decided yet. Youre the
egg and Im the wall, son. And
when egg and wall come together,
theres only one ending to the
story. The Navys grateful for
your service.
With that the Admiral hangs up.
EXT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - DAY
Police cars blockade the entrance.
aides, Thick and Lean.

Earl pulls up with his

INT. TRES CRUCES SAVINGS & LOAN - CONTINUOUS

The bank is abuzz with police and a handful of FBI Agents.

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40.

OFFICER PHIL
Im sorry, gentlemen, this is a
closed crime scene.
EARL
We need to see the bank manager.
OFFICER PHIL
Who are you?
EARL
Im nobody. Im not even here.
fact I dont even exist.

In

A man in an FBI windbreaker steps up.

FBI MAN
Can I help you?
OFFICER PHIL
They want to see the manager.
EARL
You the Special Agent in Charge?
(hands over a card)
Here. Call this number. Tell the
man who answers, Earl says hi.
On the card is a phone number.
Go on.

Nothing more.

EARL (CONTD)

The FBI man steps away to call the number on the card.
the window, Earl notes the burnt out diner.
EARL (CONTD)
Excuse me, when did that diner burn
down?
OFFICER PHIL
Two, three days ago.
EARL
(to Thick)
Get interviews with the wait staff.
See if this and that are connected.
OFFICER PHIL
It was just a grease fire.
EARL
Did I ask you your opinion, Gomer?

Out

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The FBI man returns, highly shaken.

41.

Hands back the card.

FBI MAN
Give him whatever the hell he
wants.
Who is he?

OFFICER PHIL

FBI MAN
Hes nobody.
The FBI man walks off, wanting as much space between himself
and Earl as possible.
EXT. FEDERAL BUILDING, EL PASO - DAY
Parked up the street in Dr. Kens Mercedes (licence plate:
PUSSDOC), Bobby watches Deb drive out of the garage.
EXT. CAMINO REAL HOTEL - DAY
Bobby watches Deb head inside.

He waits a beat then follows.

DOORMAN
Welcome to the Camino Real.
INT. LOBBY, CAMINO REAL HOTEL - DAY
Deb steps onto the elevator. Just as the doors are closing,
Bobby jumps in. Pulls the emergency stop.
BOBBY
A quickie with Harvey at the Camino
Real? Now theres a lovely way to
spend the afternoon.
DEB
Jesus Christ, Bobby, what the hell
happened?
BOBBY
I robbed a bank.
you?

What happened to

DEB
I was there with a squad of six
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BOBBY
You were late.
DEB
You were early. For Christ sake,
you locked up the entire police
department.
BOBBY
I didnt want anyone getting hurt.
DEB
So why didnt you pull your own
badge and stop it?
I did.

BOBBY
Just before Stig shot me.

Bobby flashes Deb the bloody dressing on his shoulder.

Oh my god.

DEB

BOBBY
He set me up. He left me for dead,
and I didnt see it coming.
DEB
Youve gotta turn yourself in.
BOBBY
I cant help myself if Im in jail.
DEB
Its not you all alone against the
world. It never has been.
BOBBY
I know that. Look, if I can find
Stig and the money then at least
Ive got a story to sell. What I
need from you is to take a second
look at Stigs background. See if
theres anything we missed,
anything that might help track him.
Sure.

DEB

BOBBY
Ill owe you.

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43.

DEB
Youll always owe me.
Bobby restarts the elevator and gets off at the next floor.
BOBBY
Tell Harvey I say hi.
EXT. VET OFFICE - DAY
Mickey Gallahads pick-up is parked outside. Mr. Lean peers
in the drivers side window. The seat is caked in blood.
INT. VET OFFICE - DAY
Mr. Thick blockades the door. Dr. Ken fidgets.
her gum, kind of entertained by the excitement.

Patsy chomps

DR. KEN
This is ludicrous. I havent done
anything. I have animals that need
care.
Dr. Ken makes like hes going to march out the door. Thicks
stone reaction sends Dr. Ken back to his chair. Earl enters.
Whispers with Thick. Thick exits.
EARL
So whod you fix up last night?
DR. KEN
What are you talking about?
EARL
Theres a stolen car outside with
blood all over the drivers seat.
DR. KEN
I dont know anything about that.
All right.

EARL

Earl pulls out a revolver, dumps out all six bullets.

EARL (CONTD)
You ever play Russian Roulette?
Course not, what am I thinking?
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EARL (CONTD)
Thing is most people put the gun to
the temple, and thats just stupid.
What if the bullets in the first
chamber? You blow a guys head off
before he ever has a chance to tell
you what you want to know.
Earl puts the gun to Dr. Kens knee. Dr. Ken squirms.
pulls the trigger. BLAM! Dr. Ken howls.

Earl

EARL (CONTD)
Case in point.
INT. STIGS APARTMENT - NIGHT
Bobby picks the lock, slips inside. He searches but finds
little except for evidence of Stigs poor housekeeping and
love of sugar cereal. The phone RINGS. The machine picks
up.
STIG (O.S. - ON THE MACHINE)
Pick up the phone... Come on, stop
eyeballing my cereal and pick up
the phone... Fine.
The machine clicks off. A beat. Bobbys cell RINGS.
checks the caller ID. Its Stig. Bobby answers.

Bobby

STIG (O.S. - ON THE PHONE) (CONTD)

Thank you. First question, are you
really DEA?
EXT. ROOFTOP ACROSS THE STREET - SAME
Burrowed under a tarp, Stig uses the scope atop a sniper
rifle to watch Bobby through the windows of the loft.
BOBBY
Let me put the cuffs on you and
youll find out.
STIGS POV - Down on the street below, Quince, Mini, and
Teemo approach Stigs building.
STIG
Uh-oh. Three very bad men just
walked up to the building. If they
catch you in my place theyre
liable to get ugly.

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INTERCUTTING:
Bobby races to the windows. Sees the SEALs below.
he hustles for the elevator.

Turning,

BOBBY
I swear to god, when I find you...
STIGS POV - In the lobby Quince and Teemo board the elevator
while Mini takes the stairs.
STIG
I wouldnt take the elevator.
Bobby turns for the stairs.
STIG (CONTD)
Wouldnt do the stairs either.
Theres a goon named Mini on the
way up. He wont like you.
Nowhere to go, Bobby retreats back into the apartment.
STIG (CONTD)
So just how dirty are you?
BOBBY
Go to hell.
STIG
Its just you seem like a decent
guy. I mean, you were willing to
rob a bank but its not like you
were a weasel about it.
Bobby digs through the kitchen drawers for weapons.
large knife.

Finds a

STIG (CONTD)
A knife to a gun fight? Come on,
Bobby.
BOBBY
Where are you?
STIG
To your right, look at the toaster.
Bobby looks. In the chrome reflection, he spots a red laser
dot in the middle of his forehead. Bobby dives for cover.

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STIG (CONTD)
Im not gonna kill you. I like
you. I just need to figure out if
I can trust you.
You?

BOBBY
Trust me? You shot me.

STIG
Did I kill you? I couldve killed
you. In fact if I had killed you I
wouldnt be in this mess.
STIGS POV - Quince and Teemo step off the elevator.
STIG (CONTD)
Oh, boy. Three bogies right
outside the door. Your best chance
is to head for the back bathroom.
Ignoring Stig, Bobby hides behind the couch.
STIG (CONTD)
What are you doing? Thats a
stupid place to hide.
The door kicks open. The SEALs burst in. Bobby holds tight.
Quince signals Teemo and Mini to disperse about the loft.
STIG (CONTD)
Okay, well do this the hard way.
On my mark, cut low and left behind
the chair.... Go.
Bobby moves quick and low. Thanks to Stigs timing the SEALs
are all looking other directions.
STIG (CONTD)
Next stop, around the bookshelf and
beneath the bed... Go.
Per Stigs instruction, Bobby darts around the right side of
the bookshelf just as Quince comes the other direction around
the left side. Diving under the bed, Bobby just misses
getting spotted by Teemo.
STIG (CONTD)
Okay. Roll right, crawl into the
bathroom, hide in the tub. Now.
Bobby rolls.

Crawls into the BATHROOM.

Climbs in the tub.

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BOBBY
Who are these guys?
STIG
Some people I used to work with.
We had a philosophical falling out.
BOBBY
And now they want you dead?
STIG
Pretty much.
BOBBY
I understand the feeling.
STIG
Youre just mad cuz you thought
you were the one playing me. Admit
it, I was good.
Bobby starts to get out of the tub.
STIG (CONTD)
Wait, not yet.
Bobby waits.

Quince passes by the open doorway.

Why me?

BOBBY

STIG
Why you? You were perfect. You
dont trust anyone, you dont like
anyone, you dont have people so
whos gonna have your back when you
fall?
Another shadow slides past the doorway.

Teemo this time.

STIG (CONTD)
All right, time to go. Step up
onto the toilet and open the top
half of the window.
Bobby does as instructed.
STIG (CONTD)
Now climb out and up onto the roof.
Jutting out above the window is a stone ledge that Bobby will
have to free climb over if hes to make the roof.

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BOBBY
Whats option 2?
STIG
Its completely doable. I scoped
this as an escape route myself.
BOBBY
You had two good arms. Ive got a
bullet hole in one of mine.
Bobby looks at the ledge.

No way.

STIG
No, no, no, Bobby.
Bobby ducks behind the door.

He climbs back in.

You gotta go.

Peeks out.

STIG (CONTD)
I wouldnt do that.
Bobby makes a break for the bed.
unloads. Bobby sprawls.
Stig opens fire.
hit in the leg.

Teemo spots him and

Windows shatter.

Glass rains.

Teemo is

Quince and Mini fire at Bobby but with Stig pinning them down
they cant get an angle on him.
Bobby breaks for the kitchen island.
sweeping volley.

Stig covers him with a

Quince unleashes a volley out the window at Stig. Stig

returns fire which allows Bobby to dash out the door.
INT. STAIRWELL - CONTINUOUS
Bobby whips down the stairs.
EXT. ROOF TOP ACROSS THE STREET - SAME
Stig retreats and climbs down the fire escape.
EXT. STIGS BUILDING - SAME
Bobby sprints outside. A car squeals up.
kicks open. Its Stig.

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STIG

Bobby levels his gun at Stig.

off.

Stig stomps the gas and speeds

Bobby fires at Stigs car blowing out the rear tire.

spins out, smacks head on into a parked car.

Stig

Climbing out, Stig hustles away on foot. Bobby chases him

around the corner, only to have Stig seemingly vanish. Bobby
looks around. Notes a ROWDY, PACKED BAR....
INT. ROWDY, PACKED BAR - NIGHT
Eyes on alert, Stig hunches over a beer near the back of the
bar. Out of nowhere a pretty young thing named SUSIE flops
into the booth.
SUSIE
You wanna have sex?
STIG
(completely flummoxed)
I, uh...
SUSIE
Knock boots? You know, go back to
my place and make sweet, sweet
monkey love?
Stig stammers, topples his glass, mops at the spilled beer.
SUSIE (CONTD)
Im sorry, your friend gave me
fifty bucks to do that.
Friend?

STIG

Bobby slides into the booth beside Stig, beer in one hand,
gun jabbed into Stigs ribs under the table with the other.
BOBBY
Hi. Thanks, Susie.
off.
No, stay.

STIG

You can take

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BOBBY
Now Bruce, you promised youd come
dancing with me.
STIG
Not tonight, honey.
BOBBY
You wanted me to go to the movies
with you.
STIG
That was different. The movies
dont involve you putting me in
handcuffs.
SUSIE
Im gonna let you two work this
out.
Susie leaves Stig and Bobby to their lovers spat.
jabs Stig with his pistol.
BOBBY
Question one: whose idea was it to
plant the 100k in my account, yours
or Papi Greco?
What 100k?

STIG

BOBBY
Wrong answer.
STIG
Why would I be working with Papi
Greco when it was his money we were
stealing.
BOBBY
Because it wasnt actually his
money.
STIG
True, but I didnt know that.
BOBBY
So whos money was it?
STIG
I dont know, but the guys in my
apartment are willing to kill you
and me to keep us from finding out.

Bobby

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BOBBY & STIGS POV - Across the bar Susie relates her
encounter to her girlfriends. The girls titter and gawk.
STIG (CONTD)
I cant believe you involved a
civilian. That is so outside the
lines.
BOBBY
What lines?
STIG
Rules of engagement.
BOBBY
Rules of... What are you military?
(realization)
Oh, Jesus. Youre military.
STIG
I cant really say. If I could
trust you werent dirty, maybe I
could, but I dont, so I cant.
BOBBY
Youre part of a military
conspiracy to rob a bank, and
youre worried that Im dirty?
STIG
You robbed the bank too.
BOBBY
I wasnt trying to get away with
it. My people were supposed to
arrest us as soon as we accessed
the safe deposit boxes.
STIG
So wait, the robbery, you were just
setting me up?
BOBBY
It had nothing to do with you. I
was trying to bust Papi Greco for
tax evasion.
STIG
Thanks, really. Its good to know,
me spending 20 years in jail was a
complete afterthought to you.

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BOBBY
Hey, just who shot who here?
on. Lets go.

52.

Come

Bobby prods Stig. Shifting as if to rise, Stig knocks

Bobbys beer into his lap. Bobby flinches the tiniest bit,
but its enough for Stig get his own gun out and jab it into
Bobbys ribs. Now they both have guns.
STIG
I cant believe you didnt see that
coming. How did you not see that
move coming?
BOBBY
I guess I just missed it.
OVER BY THE FRONT DOOR - Quince enters, scans the bar.
and Stig both see him. Uh-oh.
Without warning Stig rears back and decks Bobby.
sprawls.
You slut.
Ricardo?

Bobby

Bobby

STIG
How could you sleep with

The bouncers instantly descend on Stig while at the same time

the tightly packed crowd blockades Quince.
STIG (CONTD)
Its all right, Im leaving, Im
out.
Stig hurries out the back.

Bobby scrambles to go after him.

BOUNCER
Let him go, buddy. Theres plenty
of fish in the sea.
Bobby pulls loose.

Slams out the back door into --

THE ALLEY BEHIND THE BAR There is no sign of Stig.

Bobby curses.

BACK INSIDE Quince shoulders through the crowd, but by the time he gets -OUTSIDE -

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Bobby like Stig before him has vanished.

INT. JESSUPS HOUSE - NIGHT
A modest home on a modest street. Jessup, (Bobbys boss at
DEA) fixes a whiskey and pepto. O.S. a KNOCK at the door.
Its Earl. Without invitation Earl bulls past Jessup inside.
EARL
Youve got a nice place.
Unpretentious.
JESSUP
What are you doing?

Who are you?

EARL
Wheres our money?
JESSUP
I have no idea what youre talking
about.
EARL
You think DEA can just waltz into
our bank, steal our money, and
were not gonna kick?
JESSUP
Get out of my house.
Jessup goes to grab the pistol in his desk drawer.
EARL
Dont do that.
A GUN COCK freezes Jessup in his tracks.
REVEAL - Behind
Jessup is Mr. Thick. (Thick snuck in through the patio door
while Jessup was at the front door with Earl). Mr. Lean
slips in through kitchen door and joins the party.
EARL (CONTD)
Close the drawer, please.
(Jessup closes the drawer)
Your man, Bobby Beans -- Bobby
Trench stole 81 million of our
dollars. We want them back.
Because its our money; and because
its a blatant act of disrespect;
and because its our money.

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INT. BOBBYS TOWNHOUSE - NIGHT

CLOSE ON - The phonebook left behind by Papi Greco. A hand
reaches in and picks it up. Its Stig. Wandering the
townhouse, Stig calls Bobbys cell phone. He gets voicemail.
STIG
Hey, Bobby. Its me. I wanted you
to know, I broke into your place.
Dont worry, theres no busted
glass. The lock on your patio
doors kinda shot but... Anyway I
didnt want you getting paranoid.
Stig considers the blank slate feel of the townhouse.
furniture. Bare walls. Nothing personal anywhere.

Basic

STIG (CONTD)
To tell the truth I expected
plusher digs from the man who can
get anyone anything. But that was
just the part you were playing,
right?
Stig checks Bobbys drawers, cabinets, closets.
STIG (CONTD)
I thought for a sec maybe you were
going for a whole ascetic
statement, but for that youd have
to have like one bad jazz CD you
played over and over.
Beneath the carpeting at the rear of the linen closet, Stig
finds a stash hole. Hidden inside are Bobbys only personal
effects. His DEA credential, a few photos, a snow globe of
the twin towers, a Justice Department commendation medal.
STIG (CONTD)
Commendation for exceptional
service in the public interest.
Stig considers a PHOTO of a pissed off teenage Bobby standing
with his father, a Marine Corps Sergeant.
STIG (CONTD)
Why didnt you tell me your dad was
a jarhead? It explains everything.
The surliness, the cranky attitude.
(beat)
(MORE)

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STIG (CONTD)
Not to be over the line but you
dont look like you had the
happiest of childhoods.
Stig considers a photo of Bobby from his time as a Chicago
Police Officer, his bearing all righteousness and rectitude.
STIG (CONTD)
Anyway the real question is how
deep into your part did you go?
Did Papi actually set you up or was
the bank the big score that would
set you free?
The phone line BEEPS.
ELECTRONIC VOICE ON PHONE
If you are happy with your message,
press one. If you would like to
erase your message and start over,
press two.
Stig thinks.

Then hits 2 and erases his message.

INT. DEBS CUBICAL, DEA - NIGHT

Deb broods at her desk. Everyone except the cleaning crew
has gone home. Her phone rings. She grabs it.
DEB
Tell me its you.
INTERCUT WITH:
INT. DR. KENS MERCEDES - PARKED - LATE NIGHT
Bobby tests his wounded shoulder.
vidicon, swallows them dry.

Not good.

BOBBY
You find anything new on Stig?
DEB
He came up clean in every data base
Im cleared for. To go deeper Id
need clearance from Jessup.
BOBBY
So no military connection, record
of service?

He pops three

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DEB
Why, what are you looking for?

No.

BOBBY
I dont know. Somebody burned me
to Papi Greco. Somebody convinced
him to put that money in my account
to make sure Id go through with
the robbery.
DEB

Stig.

BOBBY
Stig didnt even know I was DEA.
Besides hes got people trying to
kill him too.
(beat)
Its like Im drowning in
quicksand.
DEB
What can I do?
BOBBY
Do you think it ever couldve
worked between us? If wed really
given it a try?
DEB
Im not sure what answer you want
to hear.
Neither is Bobby.
BOBBY
It couldve been nice, right?
DEB
It wouldnt have been you.
Shes right.

And its a truth that hurts.

BOBBY
Look, whatever happens I promise
Ill leave you out of it. We never
talked, I never called, you dont
even know me.
Bobby hangs up.

Deb calls him right back.

STAYING WITH BOBBY -

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Debs call registers on Bobbys phone.

and climbs out of the car.

57.

Bobby hits ignore

EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - CONTINUOUS

Bobby strides up the street, knocks on the door of a house.
The door is opened by Mr. Lean. This is Jessups house. All
at once and with startling swiftness -INT. JESSUPS HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
Lean reaches for his gun. Bobby lunges at Lean.
tussle. Leans gun discharges - BLAM.

They

The shot momentarily distracts Earl and Thick allowing Jessup

to go for the gun in the desk. Thick pistol whips Jessup.
Jessup goes down but gets off a wild shot. Earl whirls and
pumps two into Jessups chest.
Lean knees Bobby in the balls.

Slams Bobby to the floor.

Jessups eyes meet Bobbys. They are filled with the panic
of a man who knows he is dying. Bobby thrashes but Lean
keeps Bobbys head pinned to the floor.
Earl spits a curse. Marches over to Thick, chops him in the
throat, snatches his gun, drops him with an elbow.
EARL
That is how you take down a man
with a gun.
With a surprising tenderness, Earl bends over Jessup.
EARL (CONTD)
Its all right. Theres no turning
back.
Let it come.
Jessup gasps.

And dies.

EARL (CONTD)
Dust to dust.
(a beat - to Bobby)
You took our money.
Bobby grits his teeth and refuses to look at Earl.
EARL (CONTD)
Look at me, not at him.

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BOBBY
Who are you?
EARL
Can you imagine the hidden hand of
God? Well, Im Gods sonofabitch.
Earl takes out a pen knife.
EARL (CONTD)
Who at DEA authorized you to steal
our money?
Bobby is mum.
Bobby howls.

Earl twists the knife into Bobbys wound.

EARL (CONTD)
Youre gonna tell me, so just tell
me. Who authorized you to steal
our money?
BOBBY
I was freelancing.
reservation.

I was off the

EARL
And you just happened to pick our
bank?
BOBBY
I thought it was drug money. I
thought it belonged to Papi Greco.
EARL
And who gave you that idea?
BOBBY
Stig, Mark Stigman.
then he shot me.

He set me up

EARL
And the money?
BOBBY
I dont know.
EARL
So no idea? Nothing at all? Or if
pressed, might you suddenly find
inspiration as to where to look?
Sure.

BOBBY

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EARL
You know what you are? Youre a
dirty DEA agent who robbed a bank
and murdered your boss. You walk
into any police station, any
federal office, thats the story
theyre gonna have. Unless... you
bring me 81.53 million dollars.
Earl pulls out a sharpie.

Writes 81.53 on Bobbys arm.

EARL (CONTD)
81.53 million and hes a suicide.
81.53 and you walk away clean.
Have I properly incentivized you?
Then get after it. Go on.
Bobby staggers to his feet. Earl tucks his card in Bobbys
pocket. Bobby looks back at Jessups body.
EARL (CONTD)
If youre thinking he deserved
better, youre right.
EXT. JESSUPS HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
Bobby hustles back to his car. A beat. He punches the
steering wheel, the roof, the seats. His rage ebbs. Hes
still fucked. He throws the car in gear and drives off.
EXT. UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT - NIGHT
A 7-series BMW sits parked in front of an expansive but not
gaudy home. Beside the BMW, smoking a cigarette, is FerretNose Julio. A hand taps Julio on the shoulder.
Hola.

BOBBY

Bobby pistol whips Ferret-Nose Julio. Julio drops like a bag

of rocks as his cigarette goes spinning through the air....
INT. CHILDS ROOM, NICE HOUSE - NIGHT
CESAR (age 7) sits in bed cradling a jackknife. His father,
Papi Greco, opens the knife and shows him how to hold it.

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PAPI GRECO
Hold it firm but not tight. A
knife is a tool. You treat it with
respect.
Cesars mother, DAISI (sensuous and lovely) watches from the
door. Tucking Cesar in, Papi crosses to her.
DAISI (IN SPANISH)
He misses you.
PAPI GRECO (IN SPANISH)
And I miss you. But youre safer
in El Paso than Juarez where half
the police are owned by my enemies.
Papi gives her a heartfelt kiss and a cash roll.
EXT. DAISIS NICE HOUSE - NIGHT
Bobby hogties Julio, stows him in the bushes. Climbing
behind the wheel of Papis car, Bobby hunkers low and waits.
IN THE REFLECTION IN THE SIDE MIRROR - Bobby watches Rudy and
Papi emerge from the house.
PAPI GRECO
Lets get moving, Julio. I want to
be back across the border by dawn.
Bobby fingers his pistol as Papis hand reaches to open the
car door...
Suddenly out of nowhere.

An ENGINE.

HEADLIGHTS.

Rudy and Papi whirl as a car barrels up on to the lawn.

Plows into Rudy. Rudy is tossed into the shrubs.
Stig leaps out of the car. Snatches Papi.
on the roof. Slings him into the trunk.
Bobby jumps from the BMW, levels his gun.
STIG
Jesus, you scared me.
BOBBY
What are you doing?
STIG
Kidnapping Papi Greco.

Smacks his head

Stig whirls--

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BOBBY
Gimme your keys.
STIG
Why, you afraid what hes gonna
tell me?
BOBBY
No. Its just I got my own
questions for Papi Greco and I got
here first.
STIG
You can have him when Im done.
BOBBY
The gun says I dont wait in line.
Stig drops the keys down the front of his pants.
STIG
Come and get em.
POP - Bobby socks Stig in the nose with his gun butt.
staggers back.

Stig

STIG (CONTD)
That was uncalled for.
Bobby aims his pistol at Stigs crotch.
BOBBY
Im aiming for the left one, but
even at this range I might clip
both.
Stig gives. With a shimmy/shake his leg he maneuvers the
keys down his pantleg onto his shoe top.
STIG
You know, I liked you better when
you were I-Know-A-Guy Bobby. That
Bobby was a good guy. I trusted
that Bobby.
BOBBY
Yeah, well, I liked you better when
you were a two-bit thief with a
chip on your shoulder.
Stig kicks the keys high in the air and surges at Bobby.
BLAM - Bobby fires a shot into the pavement between Stigs
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STIG
Saw that move coming?
Yup.

BOBBY

STIG
So what now? One of us is gonna
have to pick up the keys.
A beat.
curses.

O.S. From inside the trunk, Papi Greco thumps and

Still neither makes the first move.

Across the lawn, Rudy pulls himself up onto one elbow and
fires his Uzi. Bullets spray. Stig and Bobby dive.
As Bobby returns fire, Stig grabs the keys, jumps in the car,
and speeds off. Bobby curses, jumps in the BMW, and chases.
EXT. HIGHWAY- NIGHT
Bobby speeds down the road, his headlights blaring in Stigs
rear view. Sliding up tight, he whacks Stigs bumper. Stig
ignores the hit and floors it through traffic.
Bobby stays
right on him. They bang, they bump, they bash.
Bobby pulls alongside Stig and aims his gun out the window at
Stigs head. Stig stomps the brakes and swerves/spins across
the median, across oncoming traffic, and off down a dirt
access road.
Bobby throws the BMW into a power slide, gets clipped by
oncoming traffic, but keeps right on after Stig.
Gravel sprays as Bobby chases Stig away from the highway,
away from the lights, down smaller and smaller roads.
Stig flips a U-turn and takes off cross-country through the
cottonwood. Bobby tracks after him. Deeper and deeper out
into nowhere.
Amid the dust all Bobby can see is the red of Stigs tail
lights. He is driving blind. Trees flash out of blackness.
He swerves and dodges. He will not give up the chase.
Stig cuts left around a stand of scrub pine. Bobby cuts
right. The cars separate, then pivot and charge at each
other. Its a game of chicken. Lights rush at lights. They
are about to smash head on when --

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Both men veer at the last moment. Stig goes nose first into
a ditch. Bobby goes head on into a cactus. The two men
tumble from their cars.
Bobby throws a haymaker at Stig. Stig slips the punch. Both
men tumble to the dirt. A beat. There they sit in the dusty
glow of their headlights. Gassed. A beat. Stig laughs.
STIG
Come on, that was kinda fun.
Almost despite himself, Bobby lets a half-smile slip out.
BOBBY
Youre insane.
STIG
Nah. Im Naval Intelligence. Or
was. The Admiral FUBARed my jacket
so Im listed 3 months AWOL.
BOBBY
Youre lucky. Theyve got me
killing my boss.
Did you?

STIG

Bobby chucks a pebble at Stig.

STIG (CONTD)
So were both innocent? Innocent
and completely screwed?
BOBBY
Unless you can prove you were under
orders when you robbed the bank.
Nope.

STIG
You?

BOBBY
Technically I wasnt.
STIG
Thats hard core.
They both chuckle.

Bonded by their communal fucked-ness.

BOBBY
So whatd you want with our boy in
the trunk?

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STIG
You said he set you up to look
dirty. I figured Id check your
story, see if I could really trust
you. You?
BOBBY
Somebody tipped him I was DEA. I
thought if I could get him to tell
me, I could slip the noose, track
down the money, escape.
Stig grabs the keys from his car and flips them to Bobby.
STIG
Well, I guess you better ask him.
BOBBY
When this is over, Im still gonna
shoot you.
STIG
Do you really think thats gonna
make you feel better?
BOBBY
Yeah, I do.
Bobby pops the trunk. Twisted up inside, Papi Greco is caked
with spittle and vomit.
STIG
Did he puke? I think he puked.
BOBBY
It was a bouncy ride.
(to Papi)
Who told you I was DEA?
STIG
Was it the Admiral?
PAPI GRECO
Sure, it was the Admiral, fuck you
both.
STIG
I dont think it was the Admiral.
BOBBY
This might take a while.
Bobby slams the trunk.

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65.

INT. GARAGE, SUBURBAN HOME - NIGHT

Bobby pulls a makeshift blindfold off Papis head.
bound to a lawn chair with extension cords.
BOBBY
How do you want to do this?
STIG
We could waterboard him?
BOBBY
Dont we need like equipment?
STIG
Just a couple buckets and some
plastic wrap.
PAPI GRECO
You wont do it. The United States
Government doesnt torture.
BOBBY
Yeah, well, Im persona non grata
with the government, so I dont
feel particularly compelled to
follow their rules.
STIG
We should at least give him a
chance tell us.
PAPI GRECO
I hope you like the taste of balls,
cuz Im gonna cut yours off, stuff
em in your mouths. Or maybe Ill
put yours in his and his in yours.
STIG
Ill go find the plastic wrap.
BOBBY
When you set me up, did you know
Id rob the Tres Cruces?
PAPI GRECO
The Tres Cruces? You robbed the
Tres Cruces?
STIG
We thought we were robbing you.

Papi is

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Papi burst out laughing.

Oh, no.

66.

He howls.

PAPI GRECO
No, no, no...

BOBBY
I didnt know it was so funny.
PAPI GRECO
Youre dead, youre both dead and I
dont even have to kill you.
Glee was not the reaction Bobby and Stig expected. Bobby
slaps Papi. But even that fails to dampen Papis mood.
PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
How much you get?
BOBBY
(a look to Stig, he lies)
Two million.
PAPI GRECO
I thought you were sharp. Mr.
Bobby Beans. But you, you ripped
off the CIA.
STIG
Why would you be stashing money in
the same bank as the CIA?
PAPI GRECO
What money? The only money I ship
to that bank are my payments.
Stig and Bobby trade a confused look.
What?

PAPI GRECO (CONTD)

BOBBY
Were kinda slow. So how bout you
lay it out piecemeal?
PAPI GRECO
You dont know? The CIA, they skim
off 7% of my revenue. In return
they let me fly my shit across
the border -- not that I was having
any problems with that. They take
a piece from all the cartels. Its
goddamn imperialism.

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67.

STIG
Hes lying.
PAPI GRECO
Okay, Im lying. Im a liar.
Theyre still gonna kill you.
The garage door KA-CLUNKS. Bobby and Stig whirl guns leveled
as scrolls upward revealing DEBS CAR.
Bobby?

DEB

INT. DEBS KITCHEN - NIGHT

Bobby placates Deb while Stig pokes through the fridge.
DEB
You kidnap a drug kingpin and tie
him up in my garage?
STIG
Mind if I swipe a yogurt?
DEB
What the hell happened to leaving
me out of this?
BOBBY
Jessups dead.
That hits Deb like a ton of bricks.
BOBBY (CONTD)
The CIA, it was their money.
came looking for it.

They

DEB
(sinks into a chair)
Oh my god...
STIG
Im gonna get some air.
Stig exits out the patio door.
DEB
How did this get so messed up?
(swatting Bobby)
You bastard.
Deb swats at Bobby again.

Bobby takes it.

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68.

INT. HOTEL BALLROOM - NIGHT

The Admiral is at the podium giving a power point
presentation to 500 military/government types.
ADMIRAL
Outdated force-projection paradigms
must be abandoned if the Navy is to
embrace the new reality of
asymmetrical combat. We must shake
off the rust and refocus on those
areas where non-state actors and
criminal enterprise intersect:
Somali pirates, weapons smugglers,
narcotraffickers. Slide.
(re: the new slide)
A submarine. Under construction in
middle of the Columbian jungle...
EXT. HOTEL, LOADING DOCK - NIGHT
The Admiral strides outside. Mini and 4 other SEALs (LUCAS,
KELVIN, SANGER, and GOMEZ) wait by an SUV. Laid out in back
is Teemo, a field dressing on his leg.
ADMIRAL
Has Chief Quince reported in?
MINI
Still out hunting.
ADMIRAL
What he hunts, he finds.
ready. Hows Teemo?

So be

MINI
Bullet missed the femoral artery
but...
The Admiral checks Teemos leg.

Its not good.

ADMIRAL
You hanging in there?
TEEMO
I was thinking, sir, maybe Mini
could take me to the base hospital,
say it was a training accident?

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ADMIRAL
You know procedure. The boys would
be tied up with questions for days.
We have to settle things with
Stigman and the cut-out first.
Right.

TEEMO
Of course.

Im sorry.

ADMIRAL
You need anything more for the pain?
No, sir.

TEEMO
Im strong.

ADMIRAL
You have my admiration and my
respect.
Teemo beams. The Admirals respect is better than morphine.
The Admirals phone RINGS. He steps away to answer it.
INTERCUT WITH:
EXT. BACK YARD, DEBS HOUSE - NIGHT
Stig huddles out of Bobby and Debs sight.
STIG
Itll take you 6 minutes to trace
this call. Ill be off in 3 so
dont bother.
ADMIRAL
Wouldnt think of it.
The Admiral motions to Mini - Trace this call.
STIG
Was it CIA money?
ADMIRAL
(a beat, then the truth)
Off the books money earned from
drug dealers.
STIG
What are you going to do with it?
ADMIRAL
Fight the enemies of America.

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STIG
As defined by you.
ADMIRAL
Who better?
STIG
Do you even care about the families
of the men we left behind?
ADMIRAL
Money wont bring back the dead.
What it will do is allow us to take
the battle to enemy without
constraint or remorse.
STIG
Or oversight?
ADMIRAL
We are at war.
STIG
Not with the CIA.
ADMIRAL
With Muslim extremists. With petrodictators. With an ignorant Congress
that forces the Navy to account for
every penny while the CIA finances an
off-the-books slush fund with money
extorted from Papi Greco and a dozen
other druglords.
STIG
So you decided to hijack their offthe-books slush fund and use it to
run rogue ops?
ADMIRAL
I am charged with protecting the
people of this nation. And what
the people want is to lay safe in
their beds untroubled by the moral
compromises required to achieve
that safety. If I thought you
understood...
Bobby appears behind Stig.
BOBBY
Who are you talking to?

70.

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71.

STIG
I was just confirming Papis story.
BOBBY
(snatching Stigs phone)
Give me that.
(to the Admiral on phone)
Give me one reason I shouldnt go
to the CIA, tell them youre behind
this whole thing?
ADMIRAL
Because theyll kill you anyway.
Whereas Im going to give you what
you really want, a chance to clear
your name.
Really?

BOBBY

ADMIRAL
You work in the field, Agent
Trench. You understand the
difference between what looks black
and white on paper and the reality
of getting things done. I know the
frustration you carry: the DEA
asking you to fight the wolves on
their own turf, then making you do
it in handcuffs.
The Admiral's got Bobby down.

Not that Bobby would admit it.

BOBBY
Youre making me misty.
ADMIRAL
Ill see that Petty Officer Stigman
takes the full fall for the
robbery, and Ill guarantee you
protection from the CIA. All have
to do is give me your location. My
men will take care of the rest.
Bobby considers Stig who has no idea of the Admiral offer.
BOBBY
Throw in a million dollars and
youve got a deal.
Done.

ADMIRAL

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72.

BOBBY
Two million.
ADMIRAL
You said one.
Three.

BOBBY

ADMIRAL
This isnt a game, Agent Trench.
BOBBY
Threes about to become four.
Three.

ADMIRAL

BOBBY
You know what? Id rather let Stig
cut your throat.
Bobby hangs up, tosses the phone back to Stig.
BOBBY (CONTD)
Go check on Papi.
INT. GARAGE - NIGHT
Papi Greco is gagged and still tied to the chair.
checks that the cords are tight.

Stig

STIG
Snug as a bug in a rug.
Stig notes the side door to the garage is ajar.
to investigate. Outside all is clear when --

He crosses

A LIGATURE flips around Stigs neck from behind. Quince.

Stig thrashes. Tries to call out but cant get air.
INT. DEBS KITCHEN - SAME
DEB
How can you possibly trust a thing
Stig says to you? Hes a lunatic.

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73.

BOBBY
I dont. I dont even like the guy.
But hes the help Ive got.
CUT BACK TO:
Stig kicks his heel into Quinces knee. The two men topple
into Papi knocking him over in his chair.
CUT BACK TO:
Stig?

BOBBY (CONTD)
CUT BACK TO:

Quince has his arm across Stigs throat preventing a

response. Stig claws at Quinces eyes. They bang against
the shelves. Garden tools go clattering.
Papi strains to grab a fallen pair of clippers.
Stig gouges Quince in the throat.
out the SIDE DOOR.

The two men tumble/crash

CUT BACK TO:

BOBBY (CONTD)
(marching for the garage)
What are you doing in there?
CUT BACK TO:
Papi cuts himself free and dashes out the door just as Bobby
enters from the kitchen. Bobby sees the empty garage. Races
back through the house to Deb -BOBBY (CONTD)
Stig and Papi are gone.
DEB
Gone where?
CRASH - Stigs body comes flying through the plate glass
patio door.
Stig rolls onto his back and empties his pistol out at the
yard. A return volley POP-POP-POPS out of the dark. Bobby,
Deb, and Stig scramble for cover.
How many?

BOBBY

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STIG
Quince, maybe a few others.
Gone.

74.

Papi?

BOBBY

More shots POP-POP-POP.

Bobby and Stig return fire.

STIG
You wanna take the left or the
right?
BOBBY
We should split out the other way,
go for the car.
STIG
Bad guys are out back.
BOBBY
And this place will surrounded by
cops in about two minutes.
Another volley rains in from the dark.
dashes for the front door.
Can we go?

Taking control, Deb

BOBBY (CONTD)

STIG
You never want to stay and fight.
Laying down covering fire, Stig and Bobby follow Deb as
ricochets zing around them.
EXT. DEBS HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
Stig, Bobby, and Deb race out of the house.
BOBBY
Get in the car.
STIG
Fine, but Im driving.
(when Bobby balks)
Hey, you brought us here and see
how well that turned out.
Bobby gives.

They pile in, Stig at the wheel, and speed off.

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75.

EXT. MAMA MAYBELLES DINER - EARLY MORNING

An old school dive.

Stig pulls into the lot.

BOBBY
What are we doing here?
STIG
Getting breakfast. They make a
dynamite omelet, and their pancakes
arent bad either.
INT. MAMA MAYBELLES DINER - EARLY MORNING
Bobby, Deb, and Stig huddle at a back booth. Aside from a
few long-haul truckers they have the place to themselves.
DEB
You have to turn yourselves in.
BOBBY
And say what? We didnt really
rob a bank, it was an off the books
CIA slush fund, and we didnt
really even mean to get away with
robbing it.
STIG
I meant to.
BOBBY
Not helping.
A pretty, young waitress (SHAUNA by her tag) approaches.
SHAUNA
Yall had a chance to look at your
menus?
BOBBY
Well take three coffees and a
couple of minutes.
Shauna retreats.
BOBBY (CONTD)
We need proof. Proof I was set up,
proof he was acting under orders.

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76.

STIG
Having our mitts on the money
wouldnt hurt either.
DEB
You have a plan for all this?
Sure.

BOBBY

No.

STIG

Bobby shoots Stig a glare.

STIG
She asked a question.
Shauna returns with the coffees.
nod as she retreats once more.

Stig gives her a respectful

BOBBY
All right. Thats twice shes been
here and you havent winked at her
either time.
So?

STIG

(caught)
Shes the cousin of an old friend.
BOBBY
A Navy friend?
STIG
Tim Corrales. His mother owns the
place.
BOBBY
Aw, christ, what have you walked us
into?
STIG
Hes dead. Okay? We served in
SEAL Team Six together. He died on
a mission that never happened in a
country we were never in. His
family was told it was a car crash.
(beat)
The Admiral lied and said the two
million from the Tres Cruces would
go to his mother and the families
of the other men we lost.
Bobby sees the emotional burden Stig is carrying.

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77.

STIG (CONTD)
Guess Im just a bleeding heart
sucker.
Yup.

BOBBY

MAMA MAYBELLE emerges from the kitchen, sees Stig, and burst
out in a big opened arm smile.
MAMA MAYBELLE
Marcus, how dare you sit down in my
restaurant without giving me a hug
first?
INT. KITCHEN, MAMA MAYBELLES DINER - LATER
Stig flamboyantly works the flattop under Mamas iron fisted
supervision. Bobby and Deb watch from stools at the counter.
DEB
Look, Bobby, if you come with me, I
think -- think I can convince the
U.S. Attorney you went along on the
robbery because you were trying to
stop it. Theres the Papi Greco
angle, and you did get shot.
BOBBY
What about Stig?
DEB
Hed have to take his chances with
the grand jury.
BOBBY
So Id be hanging him out to dry?
DEB
Youd be putting an end to this
madness. And youd be clearing
your name.
Bobby glances over at Stig.

What to do?

DEB (CONTD)
You know by all rights I should
walk away and let you drown?
BOBBY
And validate my cynical world view?
No chance.

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Bobby wins a smile.

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78.

He likes that smile.

BOBBY (CONTD)
You know, if I was the suave type,
Id take your hand, tell you to
ditch Harvey. Run away with me to
a grass hut in the South Seas.
DEB
His names not Harvey.
know you were lying.

And Id

BOBBY
Maybe Im not.
And indeed maybe he isnt.
OVER AT THE FLATTOP - Stig watches Bobby and Deb. The way
she touches his arm, the way he leans in to her. Deb rises,
heads for the door.
EXT. GAS STATION ACROSS THE HIGHWAY - DAY
Deb approaches the pay phone. She considers her reflection
in the chrome around the keypad. She dials.
INT. MAMA MABELLES DINER - DAY
STIG
You had us stash a kidnapped drug
lord in the garage of your exgirlfriend? That is messed up.
BOBBY
She was never my girlfriend.
STIG
Did you two...
Bobbys non-answer gives Stig his answer.
STIG (CONTD)
Like I said, Messed up.
Mama Maybelle thrusts a breakfast plate at Bobby.
MAMA MAYBELLE
Over easy with a side of pancakes.

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79.

BOBBY
You tell her how I feel about
pancakes?
MAMA MAYBELLE
He told me but its my place and in
my place everyone eats a good
breakfast.
How can Bobby say no? Maybelle pats Bobbys head and returns
to the kitchen. Bobby considers Stig, decides be square.
BOBBY
Debs calling the U.S. Attorney.
She thinks she can get me off. She
isnt sure about you.
STIG
Whatd you mean?
BOBBY
If you turn yourself in, you could
get royally screwed.
STIG
Worse than I am already?
BOBBY
Depends how you feel about federal
prison.
STIG
(stunned/wounded)
Youre throwing me to the lions?
BOBBY
Im giving you a choice. If you
want to go, theres the door. If
it were me, Id take my chances
with the U.S. Attorney.
STIG
You and I arent in this together,
are we?
No.

BOBBY

STIG
Youre just doing what you gotta
do, right? The rest is just stuff
that makes you stupid.

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80.

Swallowing his hurt, Stig returns to the flattop.

Order up.

STIG (CONTD)

Bobby feels like a heel. Glancing around the restaurant he

notes that the place is dead empty.
STIG (CONTD)
I said order up.
BOBBY
Didnt there used to be customers.
Uh-oh.

Stig and Bobby both pull their guns.

Shauna emerges from the bathroom. Stig motions for her to

stay put as he and Bobby ease over to the front window.
OUT IN THE PARKING LOT - are 5 well armed, Mexican toughs.
STIG
Papi Grecos?
BOBBY
You want the ones on the left or
the right?
STIG
Lets see if we can split out the
back.
BOBBY
You wanna split out the back? You
never want to split out the back.
Stig nods toward Shauna and Maybelle.

Bobby gets it.

BOBBY (CONTD)
Ladies, we need you to go back to
the walk-in and lock the door.
STIG
Its all right Mama.
Mama and Shauna go.

Bobby and Stig hustle out the back --

EXT. BACK DOOR, MAYBELLES DINER - CONTINUOUS

-- only to be confronted by a dozen shotgun barrels wielded
Papi Greco and a dozen of his boys.

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81.

PAPI GRECO
Looks like we flushed a couple of
rabbits.
Papi clubs Bobby with his shotgun.

Bobby goes down.

PAPI GRECO (CONTD)

Take em and skin him.
STIG
80 million dollars.
(Papi stops.)
81.53 actually. Its what we stole
from the CIA. We lied and said two
but its really 81.53. Million.
PAPI GRECO
81.53 million?
STIG
Yours for the taking.
PAPI GRECO
Where is it?
STIG
I dont know. But he does. He
took it and hid it somewhere.
BOBBY
No, I didnt.
STIG
Sure, you did.
BOBBY
What are you talking about?
STIG
Shut up and agree with me before
they decide to kill you and keep me
alive.
BOBBY
I hid the money.
STIG
Actually, Im the one who hid it.
BOBBY
You just said I hid it.

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82.

STIG
Well, one of us did.
Papi considers Bobby. Then Stig. Then 81.53 million
dollars. Papi clubs Stig. Stig joins Bobby on the ground.
PAPI GRECO
Take them both.
EXT. 24-HOUR COFFEE SHOP - DAY
Grecos boys frog-march Bobby and Stig around the diner.
Bobby spots Deb hiding across the street. He waves her off
with a shake of his head. Deb nods and scuttles away. Bobby
and Stig are thrown in a car trunk. The lid slams. BLACK.
INT. VAULTED BASEMENT BELOW THE STABLES, GRECO RANCH - NIGHT
Bobbys head is shoved into a trough of fetid water. He
burbles, thrashes, is yanked back up. He gasps. Papis fist
clocks him. He is shoved back under.
Burble/gurgle/gasp.
INT. CHICKEN COOP, GRECO RANCH - NIGHT
Grecos boys toss Bobby inside.
sits sulking against the wall.

He lands with a thud.

BOBBY
Deb knows where we are. We just
have to hold out until she can call
in the cavalry.
STIG
Were 300 miles south of the
border. By the time she gets
through the red tape well be dead.
BOBBY
Thats a positive mental attitude.
STIG
You were gonna sell me out to the
U.S. Attorney.
BOBBY
Its kind of a moot point.
STIG
You know what? Im not talking to
you.
(MORE)

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STIG (CONT'D)
(sulks a beat and then)
What did I ever do to you?
BOBBY
Besides shoot me?
STIG
Know what you are?
misanthrope.
A what?

Youre a

BOBBY

STIG
Its from the Greek. It means you
dont actually like people.
BOBBY
I know what it means.
STIG
Well, in case you didnt.
Stig lays down with his back to Bobby.
STIG (CONTD)
Youre just lucky Papi couldnt
resist the lure of 80 million
dollars. Id be dead, but you,
hed be torturing you just for fun.
Lucky me.

BOBBY

STIG
Im serious. If it was 5 million,
hed be smart. But 80? Hes got
the fever.
BOBBY
And when he figures out we dont
actually have the money?
STIG
Hell chop our feet off, pluck out
our eyeballs and generally kill us.
BOBBY
Well, at least well see the
sunrise.
For a beat they lay in silence.

83.

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84.

STIG
You ever see the sunrise off an
aircraft carrier at sea?
BOBBY
You ever see the sunrise off Miami
Beach after youve been up all
night?
STIG
Drinking mojitos with a beautiful
woman whos wearing your jacket and
leaning against your shoulder?
BOBBY
Margaritas. No jacket.
No.

STIG

BOBBY
You should.
STIG
Im not good with women.
INT. CHICKEN COOP, GRECO RANCH - DAY
The doors fling open. Sunlight floods in. Two goons snatch
Stig and haul him out. A beat. Two more goons appear.
You too.

GOON

INT. VAULTED BASEMENT BELOW THE STABLES, GRECO RANCH - DAY

Bobby and Stig are on their knees, hands bound in front of
them. Papi is over by the corner, pissing on his hands.
PAPI GRECO
My grandfather cut cane every day
for 30 years, never got a blister.
Hed say it smells like hell but it
toughens the hands.
Zipping up, Papi wrenches an ax handle in his powerful grip.
PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
You know whats nice about this,
Bobby? This time I dont have to
worry about leaving marks.

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85.

Papi whacks Bobby across the back.

PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
There is an opportunity here for
one of you to buy your life back.
The longer you wait the less life
theres gonna be.
STIG
Go jerk yourself off.
Papi jabs Stig with the ax handle, then chokes him with it.
Stigs eyes bulge.
BOBBY
Think about the money, Papi.
Revenge is personal. Moneys
money.
PAPI GRECO
What money? You keep talking about
this phantom money.
BOBBY
81 million dollars.
Papi releases Stig.

Stig topples forward.

PAPI GRECO
Where is it?
BOBBY
I dont know.
STIG
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
BOBBY
What are you doing?
STIG
Improvising.
(to Papi)
The moneys on the base at Corpus.
But only for another 2 days max.
After that its gone, and you might
as well kill us.
PAPI GRECO
If youre telling the truth, I
might as well kill you.

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86.

STIG
I can get the money. In return you
let me live. And you give me 5%.
PAPI GRECO
What about him?
STIG
He gets nothing.
PAPI GRECO
Ill think about it.
(re: Bobby)
Strap this one to the table and get
my chain saw. I got a nice one.
The goons go to grab Bobby.
STIG
You cant. I need him. Corpus is
a big place, not to mention all the
guards with rifles.
PAPI GRECO
Im just supposed to let you walk
out of my sight and trust youll
come back with the money.
STIG
Where we gonna go? The cops want
to arrest us, the CIA wants to kill
us. Youre our best friend.
As Papi ponders this, Ferret-Nose Julio enters and whispers
in Papis ear. Whatever he says, it gives Papi real pause.
PAPI GRECO
Take them upstairs, get em a
shower. They smell like chicken
shit.
EXT. MAIN HOUSE, GRECO RANCH - DAY
A car pulls up. Ferret-Nose Julio steps up to greet the new
arrivals. The arrivals are Earl and his two aides.
EXT. GRECOS RANCH - DAY
Earl and Papi watch the vaqueros herd cattle.
some pebbles. Tosses them one by one.

Earl scoops

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87.

EARL
You hear about the Tres Cruces?
PAPI GRECO
Saw a TV report.
Earl hands over photos of Bobby and Stig.
EARL
The thieves came from your
organization.
PAPI GRECO
Theyre freelancers. Americans.
And that ones a cop.
EARL
Im not asking for their resumes.
I want you to find my money.
PAPI GRECO
There a finders fee on this?
EARL
The fee is you get to stay in
business with us.
PAPI GRECO
You think all us Mexicans were
just dying to mow your lawn? To
stand outside Home Depot in the
rain? Please Mister, give me a
job.
EARL
I think those men in the rain just
want the best life possible.
PAPI GRECO
You like my country weak and
corrupt, so you can have cheap
labor. Im not cheap.
EARL
Is this about pride, Manny? Prove
you have a big Mexican cock? Your
cock is huge. Its massive. A
record holder. And I... am in awe.
So what? You think we cant just
reach across the border, scoop you
up like a handful of dust and -Earl blows the dirt off his palm.

Wipes his hands.

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EARL (CONTD)
Its a free market, Manny, not a
free world.
PAPI GRECO
Ill take a look.
Hard.

EARL
Youll look hard.

PAPI GRECO
Under every rock in Mexico.
INT. GUEST SUITE, GRECOS RANCH - NIGHT
Bobby stews.
guest soaps.

Stig is in the bathroom examining the scented

STIG
Check this one. I think its
Papaya.
(off Bobby)
Come on, one of us had to make a
play.
BOBBY
You didnt think to tell me about
Corpus?
STIG
Invading a Navy base is not among
your top drawer options.
BOBBY
You knew where the money was.
STIG
Like youve always told me
everything? I couldve let Papi
Greco chop you into little pieces.
But I didnt. If thats not enough
of a good faith gesture I dont
know what is.
Bobby scoffs.
The doors suddenly SLAM open.

Papis boys storm in...

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EXT. PICK-UP TRUCK - MOVING - NIGHT

Bobby and Stig jounce along in the bed of a rusty pickup,
hoods over their heads. The pickup stops. Bobby and Stig
are hoisted out, their hoods removed.
They are in the middle of a BARREN MEXICAN NOWHERE. Hands
march Bobby and Stig over to a panel truck. Inside 20
Mexicans clutch bundles and backpacks.
PAPI GRECO
The truck will take you near the
border. From there you go on foot
with the coyotes.
STIG
If its all the same, wed rather
drive.
PAPI GRECO
With everybody looking for you,
youd get pulled out of line at the
border in two seconds. No, you go
over like you force my people.
Papis men hoist Bobby and Stig up into the truck.
PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
Im trusting you as men to fulfill
your side of the bargain.
BOBBY
Scouts honor.
Papi WHISTLES. The side door of a van whips open. Inside
Ferret-Nose Julio shines a light on the face of a cuffed and
gagged woman. ITS DEB. Her eyes scream to Bobby as --- the trucks roll door slams down.
INT. CARGO BAY, PANEL TRUCK - CONTINUOUS
Bobby tries to wrench the door back up but it wont budge.
O.S. we hear the CLICK-CLACK of the door being padlocked then
the RUMBLE of the engine as the truck sloshes off on its way.
BOBBY
Help me, goddamn it.
STIG
Theres nothing to do.

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BOBBY
Hes got Deb.
I saw.

STIG

Stig finds a comfortable spot among the other travellers.

STIG (CONTD)
Papis not gonna hurt her. Shes
his insurance we come back with the
money and not a squadron of
helicopter gunships.
BOBBY
When they drop us at the border,
well double back.
STIG
If we double back, hell put a
bullet in her just for spite.
Bobby knows Stigs right.

He kicks the wall of the truck.

STIG (CONTD)
We go ahead with the plan, get the
money from the Admiral, then at
least we have some leverage.
BOBBY
A plan? You mean theres an actual
plan in your head for invading a
high security naval base?
STIG
Im working on it.
Stig tilts his head back, closes his eyes.
INT. CARGO BAY, PANEL TRUCK - NIGHT
The truck bounces and sways. In the half light, Bobby
considers the other passengers. A few know each other, but
for the most part they keep to themselves. Bobby sees their
fear, their hope, their leap of faith determination.
Beside Bobby, Stig starts to snore.
BOBBY
Youre snoring.

Bobby pokes him.

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BOBBY
Leave it to you to sleep.
STIG
I was tired.
Stig pulls himself upright.

Looks at Bobby.

STIG (CONTD)
You in love with her?
BOBBY
Deb? I dont know. Havent really
been in a position to answer the
question.
STIG
Cuz you kinda act like youre in
love with her.
Bobby chews on that for a beat.
STIG (CONTD)
You really wanna know why I can
sleep? Because I know what Im
fighting for. You, you dont even
know how you got here.
BOBBY
Im here because you set me up.
STIG
The Admiral taught me duty, honor,
loyalty to the chain of command.
He may be a two-faced S.O.B. but
the values werent wrong. I went
into that bank because I believed
we had a debt to the men wed left
behind. And when we get to Corpus
Im going to kill the Admiral
because he violated the trust that
comes with oak leaves on your cap.
BOBBY
Youre an idiot.

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STIG
Of course Im an idiot. To believe
in anything you have to forget that
for 50,000 years human beings have
been chopping each others heads
off and shoving each other into
ovens. Were not nice creatures.
But at least I sleep at night.
Stig tilts his head back, shuts his eyes.
BOBBY
You wanna know why I went into that
bank? It was the only way to get
Papi Greco. And I was going to do
whatever it took.
STIG
Whatever it takes is a dangerous
thing, Bobby. The Admirals just
doing whatever it takes. So are
your buddys at the CIA. Me, Id
rather be an idiot.
Stig shuts his eyes leaving Bobby to ponder this. Brakes
SQUEAK as the truck jerks to a halt. The roll door opens.
EXT. DESERT NOWHERE - CONTINUOUS
Four COYOTES (bandanas over their faces, shotguns on their
arms) herd Bobby, Stig, and the others out of the truck and
march them off into the desert night.
EXT. DEEP DESERT NOWHERE - NIGHT
Bobby and Stig follow the others through the inky night.
ground is ragged. Stumbles are frequent, but no one
complains. No one helps anyone else up either.

The

The coyotes prod one of the laggards on at gun point. Stig

takes offense and interposes himself between the laggard and
the coyote. The dead-eyed coyote puts his muzzle to Stigs
chest. Bobby takes Stig by the arm.
BOBBY
Not our fight.
Stig isnt happy about it but he backs off and tromps onward.

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EXT. BLUFF - NIGHT

The coyotes lead the pack to a bluff overlooking the Rio
Grande. The lead coyote points down to a narrow spit where
they should ford.
EXT. RIVER - NIGHT
Bobby and Stig follow the others down to the riverside.
Wordlessly the immigrants remove their shoes and carry them
up over their heads as they enter the water.
Stig and Bobby wade in with the others. The water quickly
rises to chest height. The swirling current threatens to
knock them off their feet.
One of the immigrant men slips, then surfaces with a splash
of flailing limbs. He cant swim.
The other immigrants hustle out of the river and up the bank,
afraid the drowning mans noise will get them all caught.
Bobby tosses his shoes at Stig and dives after the drowning
man. The man grabs at Bobbys face. Bobby bats away the
panicked mans arms and takes him around the neck.
Callate.

BOBBY
Tranquilo.

The man calms. Bobby hauls the man over to where he can
stand. The man scampers up the bank and disappears. Bobby
sloshes ashore. Stig tosses Bobby his shoes.
STIG
Not our fight?
BOBBY
At least he stopped to say thank
you.
STIG
Because thats why you did it?
the thank you?

For

BOBBY
When this is over Im still gonna
shoot you.
STIG
Whatever you say, Bobby.

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Stig pats Bobby on the shoulder and heads up the bank.

finishes tying his shoes and follows.

Bobby

Trudging onward, they make their way toward the putrid sodium
light glow smudged across the horizon.
EXT. MALL PARKING LOT - NIGHT
Bobby and Stig emerge into a vast mall parking lot filled
with oblivious consumers lugging bags of extraneous,
overpriced crap. After the coyotes and the desert and the
river, the culture shock is a bit of a mind bender.
STIG
(re: the sea of cars)
Got a favorite color?
EXT. ROAD / INT. MINIVAN - MOVING - NIGHT
Bobby and Stig drive East in a stolen blue minivan.
INT. MINIVAN / EXT. REST STOP - MORNING
Bobby wakes.

He is alone in the van.

He climbs out.

Across the way Bobby spots Stig at a picnic table in deep

conversation with Mama Maybelle. Stig and Maybelle hug.
Stig returns carrying a hefty duffle bag.
BOBBY
What was that about?
STIG
I figure she should know how her
son died.
BOBBY
Isnt that a violation of
government secrecy?
Arrest me.

STIG

Stig hoists the duffle into the minivan, zips it open.

bag is crammed with pistols, rifles, etc.

The

STIG (CONTD)
My rainy day stash.
Stig digs out a pack of military I.D. cards.

Selects two.

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EXT. FRONT GATE, CORPUS CHRISTI NAVAL AIR STATION - DAY

Heavily fortified.

Stig and Bobby roll up.

My people.

STIG
I do the talking.

BOBBY
Whats the plan?
STIG
Im working on it.
Stig holds the I.D. cards out to the SHORE PATROL GATE GUARD.
STIG (CONTD)
Whats your name, Seaman?
Excuse me?

GATE GUARD

STIG
This is an improptu security
inspection under D.O.D. order
27592, so give me your name before
I decide Im having a bad day.
GATE GUARD
Seaman Weisberg, sir.
STIG
Write that down.
GATE GUARD
No disrespect, Commander, but all
uncleared visitors have to be
phoned into the security office.
STIG
What part of impromptu do you not
register, Seaman? It means you
dont tell anyone youre coming.
Did you graduate high school, I
know they make you graduate high
school, so you had options. You
didnt have to burden my Navy with
your stupidity. You chose to
burden my Navy with your stupidity.
(MORE)

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STIG (CONT'D)
Now wave us through and dont even
to think about FUBARing my
inspection by alerting the world
were here to check the security
status of this base.
The SP motions to lift the gate and waves them though.
BOBBY
That was your brilliant plan?
STIG
I cant believe it worked.
Bobby checks his side mirror.
SP picking up the phone.

In the reflection he sees the

BOBBY
I wouldnt get too healthy
congratulating yourself. The
guards in the shack on the phone.
STIG
No worries. Itll take at least 3
minutes to scramble the Shore
Patrol so weve got that for a head
start.
BOBBY
You are just a big ball of
sunshine.
INT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS, CORPUS CHRISTI N.A.S. - DAY
A small but pleasant house on base. The Admiral takes the 81
million out of his safe and splits it between three
suitcases. Quince enters.
QUINCE
Its time, Admiral.
ADMIRAL
Thank you, Chief. If youll finish
splitting the money between the
bags. Well cache the first in
Panama, the second in Dubai, the
third in Hong Kong.
QUINCE
Flight plans all arranged.

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The Admiral gives Quince a well done pat and crosses into
the LIVING ROOM where Teemo, pale and feverish, is laid out
on the sofa.
ADMIRAL
I hate to see you like this, son.
An officer takes on a mission, he
has to constantly balance the
desire to protect his men versus
the need to complete the mission.
Yes, sir.

TEEMO

ADMIRAL
For two days, Ive been forced to
let you suffer. And you have been
magnificent. Because you
understand the mission is greater
than any one of us. If I could
show you my heart, it aches.
The Admiral stands.
Sir?

Levels a pistol at Teemo.

TEEMO

ADMIRAL
I take no pleasure in this.
BLAM.
EXT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS, CORPUS CHRISTI N.A.S. - DAY
SCREECH - Tires smoke as the minivan jerks to a halt outside
the Admirals quarters.
INT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS, CORPUS CHRISTI N.A.S. - DAY
Stig and Bobby burst in the back door, guns at the ready. In
alternating turns they move forward through the house. On
the sofa they find Teemos dead body.
Hes dead.

BOBBY

Bobby crosses into the study and rifles the Admirals desk.
Stig lingers reverently over the body.
In a drawer, Bobby finds a bill from the CAMINO REAL HOTEL.
A connection sparks...

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BOBBY (CONTD)
When you delivered the money to the
Admiral in El Paso what hotel was
he staying at?
STIG
The Camino Real.
The information hits Bobby like a shovel.
BOBBY
Sonofa... Come on. I know where
to intercept the Admiral.
STIG
(still considering Teemo)
I only shot him in the leg.
BOBBY
Well, somebody else must have shot
him in the chest.
Bobby looks at Stig.
realization hits.

Stig looks at Bobby.

A mutual

MEGAPHONE VOICE (O.S. - FROM OUTSIDE)

Come outside with your hands
raised. We have the house
surrounded.
Bobby and Stig rush to the windows. Outside the house is
surrounded by four dozen armed SPs and a dozen vehicles.
BOBBY
Terrific plan you had.
STIG
I didnt figure wed need an exit
strategy.
(re: Teemo)
You think theyll think we killed
him?
BOBBY
No, theyre gonna think we broke
onto the base to give him an
appendectomy.
STIG
There you go with the defensive
sarcasm. All right, look, these
are innocent sailors. I dont want
any of them getting shot.

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BOBBY
And Im sure their orders are to
just put a few warning shots in the
backs of our heads.
I mean it.
Fine.
Good.

STIG
I want your word.
BOBBY

STIG
So what do we do now?

BOBBY
(thinks)
Do you trust me?
STIG
Do you trust me?
BOBBY
Not the question.
Yes.

STIG
I do.

BOBBY
Then go outside and surrender.
Bobby blows past Stig.
What?

STIG
Bobby?

EXT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME

SPs with itchy trigger fingers surround the house...
INT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME
Bobby cranks the bathroom tub on full bore.

Then heads for --

THE KITCHEN - Bobby pulls the stove out from the wall.
Knifes the gas line. Then grabs a trash bag and goes into -THE ADMIRALS BEDROOM - Bobby swipes a clean uniform.
it in the trash bag.

Stuffs

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EXT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME

The front door cracks.

Stig slides outside, hands raised...

INT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME

Bobby tosses a bar tray on the kitchen floor. Smashes the
neck off a whiskey bottle. Dumps it over the tray...
EXT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME
Stig eases away from the house...
VARIOUS SHORE PATROL
...On your knees... Hands where I
can see em... Give me an excuse...
Stig sinks to his knees...
INT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME
Bobby ties off the trash bag, tosses it in the now full tub.
Takes a deep breath and...
Bobby fires at the metal bar tray... The tray sparks.
booze catches fire... Bobby dives for the tub as...

The

The leaking gas ignites. A FIREBALL shoots through the

house... Bobby dives underwater as above him flames fill the
bathroom...
EXT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME
The gas explosion blows out every window in the house.
is knocked flat. Splintered wood and glass fly.

Stig

INT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME

The fireball retreats from the bathroom.
of the water with a gasp.

Bobby pops up out

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INT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - 15 MINUTES LATER

Firemen storm the house with hoses and axes. There are smoke
and flames throughout the house, but the bulk of the fire is
contained in the kitchen. Amid the chaos, Bobby, slips out
of the bathroom, dressed in the stolen uniform.
BOBBY
Push those flames back.
FIREFIGHTER
(reacting to the uniform)
Its not safe yet, sir. You really
need to stay outside.
EXT. ADMIRALS QUARTERS - SAME
The SPs have Stig stuffed in a patrol car. In the B.G. we
see Bobby exit the house and slip away amid the commotion.
EXT. OPEN ROAD - TWILIGHT
Bobby drives through the lonely desperate landscape.
the floor. Eyes locked straight ahead.

Foot to

EXT. LONELY GAS STATION - NIGHT

Bobby stands at a pay phone. He considers the sharpie scrawl
on his arm. In his hand is Earls card.
BOBBY (INTO PHONE)
Give me the office of the D.D.O....
Its about 81.53 million dollars.
INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, BRIG, CORPUS N.A.S. - NIGHT
An AGITATED LIEUTENANT leans in tight over Stig.
AGITATED LIEUTENANT
Silence is not your friend. You
murdered a decorated Navy SEAL.
Stig stares straight ahead.
AGITATED LIEUTENANT (CONTD)
Youve betrayed everything the
service stands for.

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Stig remains stone. The frustrated Lieutenant whips a coffee

mug past Stigs ear. The mug shatters.
STIG
Thats a waste of a good mug, sir.
The door cracks as the Lieutenant is called out of the room.
Two beats later he returns.
AGITATED LIEUTENANT
Get out of here. Youre free to
go.
Stig suspects a trick.
tries to stop him.

He rises.

He walks out.

No one

EXT. BRIG, CORPUS N.A.S. - NIGHT

Stig steps outside.

Waiting there are Earl, Thick, and Lean.

EARL
Get in the car.
(when Stig hesitates)
Its not multiple choice, son.
INT. C-2A GREYHOUND TRANSPORT - NIGHT
A squat turbo prop. The Admiral rests his elbow on the cashfilled suitcases. Along the cargo bay wall sit Quince, Mini
and the other SEALs (Lucas, Kelvin, Sanger, and Gomez).
ADMIRAL
Make the Navy proud, boys.
As one the SEALs rise and sprint out the back of the plane...
REVEAL - The plane is flying at 10,000 feet.
EXT. NIGHT SKY - CONTINUOUS
Down down down the SEALs plunge. Until finally at an
impossibly low altitude - POP - they deploy chutes.
INT. LIVING ROOM, GRECOS RANCH - NIGHT
Papi circles around Deb.

Deb holds her expression blank.

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PAPI GRECO
Your Bobbys a determined fellow.
I dont care what his badge says,
he was Bobby Beans. And robbing
the Tres Cruces only proves it.
DEB
Maybe he just has his own view of
the law.
PAPI GRECO
You dont have to defend him.
Papi reaches into a safe, counts out $400,000.
PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
You sure you wouldnt rather take a
percentage of the money he and Stig
bring back?
DEB
I dont work on contingency.
Papi smirks.

Hands her the money.

Pours them each a drink.

PAPI GRECO
When you told me Bobby was DEA, did
you know hed rob the Tres Cruces?
Nope.

DEB

PAPI GRECO
Just lucky I guess?
Papi smiles.

Deb smiles back.

Neither smile quite genuine.

EXT. AIRFIELD, GRECO RANCH - NIGHT

THREE OF PAPIS GUARDS patrol. O.S. They hear an approaching
engine. WHOOSH - The unlit C-2A skims just over their heads
and touches down.
The guards snap alert. The lead guard chatters into his
radio. Several more guards arrive and surround the plane.
The plane taxis to a stop and lowers its tailgate. The
guards finger their triggers. Inside the plane a SPOTLIGHT
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Bullets ZIP-ZIP-ZIP into the guards from all directions.

Those who arent killed outright spray haphazard volleys at
the darkness until - ZIP-ZIP - they too are cut down.
The Admiral steps off the plane. Quince and the other SEALs
who parachuted from the plane rise up from their hidden fire
spots around the airfield.
ADMIRAL
Scorched Earth, Chief.
lives.

Nothing

EXT. STABLES, GRECO RANCH - NIGHT

Oscar (the guy who had the head in the bag) marches up to two
of Papis TOUGHS. O.S. Sporadic GUNFIRE rips.
RUDY (IN SPANISH)
Grab some men, head for the
airfield.
The toughs scurry off. Emerging from the shadows Bobby
sneaks up behind Oscar. Oscar spins. Bobby kicks him in the
balls. Smacks him with the butt of his pistol. Oscars nose
shatters. He drops.
INT. STABLES, GRECO RANCH - CONTINUOUS
Bobby slips down the stairs into the network of tunnels that
run beneath the ranch.
EXT. CATTLE PENS, GRECO RANCH - NIGHT
Jittery vaqueros pan their rifles as predatory shadows surge
and dart towards them. Closer. Closer.
The vaqueros start popping off bursts of fire. SEAL hands
snatch the vaqueros from behind and slash their throats.
INT. LIVING ROOM, GRECOS RANCH - NIGHT
Papi peers out the window and the black night. O.S. Ripples
of intermittent gunfire draw closer. Papi glances over at
Deb who is recounting the $400k.
PAPI GRECO
You know, I dont usually do
business with women.

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DEB
Thats short sighted and sexist of
you.
PAPI GRECO
With a man, you know why he does
what he does. With a woman, who
knows?
Crossing to a filigreed chest Papi pulls out a shotgun.
PAPI GRECO (CONTD)
Whos out there?
DEB
How would I know? According to you
Im just supposed to sit here and
look cute.
EXT. GRECO RANCH - NIGHT
Sweeping across the ranch, the SEALs FIREBOMB the drug
processing barns. EXPLOSIONS rock the night.
INT. TUNNELS BENEATH GRECO RANCH - SAME
Bobby scurries along. Up ahead armed toughs herd a clutch of
cocaine workers along at gun point. Bobby dives into a side
passage and lets them pass.
INT. MAIN HOUSE, GRECO RANCH - CONTINUOUS
Bobby slips up into the main house through a hidden door.
INT. LIVING ROOM, GRECOS RANCH - SAME
Papi jabs the shotgun at Deb. Deb calmly stows the $400k in
her jacket. O.S. more EXPLOSIONS boom.
PAPI GRECO
Tell me who they are?

CIA?

DEA?

Appearing in the doorway -BOBBY

U.S. Navy. You got in bed with the
wrong girl.

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As Papi whirls to level the shotgun at Bobby, Deb pulls a .22

from her belt and just like that everyone starts blasting.
Bullets rip the air. Furniture shreds.
gut. Deb flees. Bobby chases.

Papi is hit in the

INT. HALLWAY, MAIN HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Deb sprints down a long corridor. Bobby fires two shots past
her ear. Dead to rites, she freezes.
BOBBY
You shouldve told me Harvey was an
Admiral. This all wouldve been so
much easier to figure out.
(beat)
Youre the one person I trusted.
DEB
You never trusted me or anyone.
And dont say you meant to. You
were always all about you.
Bobby is stung.

Because its the truth.

BOBBY
Youre right. I was a sonofabitch.
Now lets go.
Bobby snatches away Debs .22 and drags her onward.
EXT. MAIN HOUSE, GRECO RANCH - SAME
The roughnecks guarding the house spray wild gunfire as the
murderously efficient SEALs - ZIP-ZIP-ZIP - wipe them out.
INT. KITCHEN, MAIN HOUSE - SAME
Bobby hauls Deb toward the back door. A stray volley
SHATTERS the windows. Bobby yanks Deb to the floor.
DEB
Youve got no chance, you know
that?
Shh.

BOBBY
Wait for it.

O.S. The faint WHUP-WHUP of a helicopter.

Bobby grins.

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BOBBY (CONTD)
(calling outside)
Hey, Harvey, you out there?
EXT. MAIN HOUSE, GRECO RANCH - SAME
ADMIRAL
Mr. Bobby Trench. You are a
resilient fly in the ointment.
BOBBY
Ive got Deb in here, Harvey, and
since you two are in love, I
thought you might be willing to
trade her for the money.
No.

ADMIRAL
No deals.

BOBBY
Well, before your boys start
blasting, you might want to take a
look off to the East.
On the horizon, two lights approach low and fast.
helicopters armed with mean-ass 20mm gun cannons.

Twin black

The lead helo swoops down and alights while the second helo
circles protectively. Earl and his boys climb out dragging
Stig with them.
EARL
Hail, hail, the gangs all here.
Mexican standoff time.

Literally.

The SEALs have their guns on the CIA. The CIA have their
guns on the SEALs. Both side have their guns on Bobby as he
ushers Deb outside.
Cautiously, The Admiral, Bobby, and Earl approach each other,
Bobby towing Deb, Earl towing Stig.
EARL (CONTD)
Whats the deal here, Bob? You
promised me 81 million dollars in
return for getting this pudknocker
out of stir.

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BOBBY
I thought the Admiral might trade
Deb for the money, but it turns out
hes not the romantic type, so I
guess you two are gonna have to
duke it out.
EARL
Is that right?
A beat.

All sides on edge.

Who will make the first move?

Out of nowhere - BA-BLAM - a shotgun blast rips into Earls

arm. Its PAPI GRECO. Bleeding from the gut, the drug lord
lurches out of the house, shotgun blazing.
Bobby tosses Stig a pistol as all sides open fire. Its a
free-for-all of dust and lead. Bullets fly. Bodies sprawl.
Two SEALs drop (Sanger & Kelvin).
Bobby and Stig dash for the cover of a nearby barn while the
SEALs retreat toward the livestock pens and the helo rains
down fire from above.
INT. ADOBE BARN, GRECO RANCH - CONTINUOUS
Chased by strafing helo fire, Bobby and Stig dive inside.
STIG
Not to crack on your strategy, but
this was the best you could come up
with?
BOBBY
Youd rather be back in the brig?
Bobby kicks the straw off a trapdoor. Beneath it is a ladder
leading to the tunnels. Ignoring Bobby, Stig takes a rifle
off the body of one of Papis men.
BOBBY (CONTD)
Come on, the tunnels lead all the
way to the edge of the ranch.
STIG
And then what?
BOBBY
And then we get the hell out of
here before the Navy or the CIA or
both of them shoot the hell out of
us.

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STIG
No. Im not letting the Admiral
get away with the money.
BOBBY
Jesus-goddamn... I just saved your
ass.
STIG
So go. Get out of here. Go tell
the world Deb set you up and clear
your name. Its not like were in
this together.
Bobby curses.

He kicks wall.

He stays.

BOBBY
Where you go, I go.
(beat)
Youre my people.
STIG
(touched)
For real?
BOBBY
Can we just do this?
Stig tosses Bobby an extra clip. Flanking the door, they
peek out for the circling helicopters -BOBBY (CONTD)
I hate Mexico.
STIG
Im sure it hates you back.
-- and race off in pursuit of the Admiral.
EXT. MAIN HOUSE, GRECO RANCH
Cradling his shattered arm, Earl crosses to Papi, who lays
dying in the dust.
EARL
Whyd you lie to me?
doing business.
PAPI GRECO
Mow... my... lawn.

We were just

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Papi manages a blood choked gurgle/giggle.

pistol and shoots Papi dead.

Earl raises his

EXT. CATTLE PENS, GRECO RANCH - SAME

Bobby and Stig engage the SEALs in a running fire-fight
through the narrow alleys between pens.
The spooked cattle buck, they bellow, they crash through the
fencing and STAMPEDE.
Amid the swirl of 2000 pound beasts, Bobby and Stig get
separated. Stig is knocked to the dirt. Quince steps out
and has the drop on Stig when...
A bullet rips through Quinces neck.
Thick as the shooter.
Thanks.

Quince falls revealing

STIG

Without hesitation or remorse Thick pivots his gun on Stig...

...Before Thick can fire, Bobby dives into view and fires at
the CIA man forcing him to retreat back out of sight.
BOBBY
We having fun yet?
EXT. AIRFIELD, GRECO RANCH - SAME
The C-2A pilot fires up his engines as the Admiral and the
remaining SEALs descend on the airfield.
From above the CIA helo strafes the cockpit killing the
pilot. As the pilot falls forward, he jams the right engine
throttle causing the plane to taxi in a circle and crash into
a metal shed. The propellers shred. Bits of tin spray.
EXT. DRUG PROCESSING BARNS, GRECO RANCH - SAME
Amid the flames of the drug processing barns, Bobby and Stig
trade heavy fire with Thick and Lean.
From above the helo strafes. Bullets swiss-cheese the tin
roof. Bobby and Stig go sprawling.
Bobby spots a huge BULLDOZER.

He taps Stig.
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ABOVE THE BARN - the circling helo pilot spots a puff of

diesel smoke as Bobby and Stig come CRASHING through the wall
of the barn on the bulldozer.
The helo swoops. Bobby raises the front bucket as a shield.
The helos bullets PING.
Stig pours fire up at the helos tail rotor. The rotor
sparks, smokes. The helo goes into a flat spin and CRASHES.
EXT. AIRFIELD, GRECO RANCH - SAME
The SEALs retrieve the cash-filled suitcases from the
crippled plane and toss them in an SUV when --- Bobby and Stig come barreling over the rise on the
bulldozer. Gomez and Lucas hose down the dozer, while the
Admiral, Deb, and Mini pile in the SUV.
Flooring the throttle Bobby runs right over the two SEALs but
not before Lucas rolls a GRENADE beneath the treads.
Stig and Bobby leap from the bulldozer as - BOOM - the
grenade explosion FLIPS THE BULLDOZER onto its side.
Bobby and Stig haul themselves up.
speeds off in a cloud of dust.

In the distance the SUV

Bobby and Stig look at each other.

parked along the runway.

Look at the ratty CESSNA

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Bobby and Stig take off in the Cessna.

EXT. ENDLESS SCRUB DESERT - DAWN
The SUV rips across the vast desert nothing, trailing a 50
yard plume of dust.
Above, Stig throttles up the Cessna and dives. Swooping down
he thumps the Cessnas landing gear on the roof of the SUV.
Deb jerks the wheel and speeds off in a different direction.
Stig loops around and dives again. This time Mini and the
Admiral pour fire out the windows at the plane. Bullets rake
the cabin. Stig is forced to pull up.
STIG
We could pull back and track them.

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Bobby taps blinking LOW FUEL light.

BOBBY
We dont have the gas.
STIG
That settles it then.
Yup.

BOBBY

Stig banks the plane around and dives so that the plane is in
a direct head-on collision course with the SUV.
IN THE SUV DEB
Theyre coming right at us.
ADMIRAL
Theyll pull up.
IN THE PLANE Stig drops the Cessna so that its wheels scrape the ground.
STIG
You sure you dont want me to pull
up?
BOBBY
Absolutely.
Cool.

STIG

Plane and SUV hurtle at each other. 50 yards... 25... 10...

Deb jerks the wheel. The SUV fishtails. The Cessna T-bones
the SUV. The SUV barrel rolls. The plane goes ass-overteakettle.
Then silence. The SUV lays on its side, tires still
spinning. The plane sits inverted on its back.
INSIDE THE PLANE - Bobby and Stig hang upsidedown. Bobby
claws at his belt release. Drops with a groan-inducing thud.
STIG (CONTD)
(groggy)
Well, that was a hoot.
BOBBY
You all right?

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STIG
Busted rib, maybe.
Stig pulls at his belts.

Jammed.

Bobby looks over at the overturned SUV.

passengers undetermined.
Go on.

The fate of its

STIG (CONTD)
Im cool.

Bobby shimmies out of the plane. Gun drawn, he side steps

toward the SUV. The SUVs engine hisses... The tires spin...
Bobby swings around the nose and levels his pistol through
the fractured windshield at... Minis dead body.
A pistol jabs against the back of Bobbys neck. Its the
Admiral, his face bloody, his right leg dragging awkwardly.
Stig?

BOBBY

ADMIRAL
Drop the pistol.
BOBBY
Stig, I kinda need your help here.
Stig, who has dragged himself free of the plane, sees the
Admiral with a gun to Bobbys neck and snap draws his own.
The Admiral pulls Bobby tight in front of him as a shield.
ADMIRAL
Dont do it, sailor.
Do it.

BOBBY
Shoot him.

Stig considers the narrow angle he has on the Admiral.

STIG
I dont know. Its tight.
BOBBY
You wont miss.
STIG
I could miss.
Rising up from a ditch, Deb levels her gun at Stig.

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DEB

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Aw, crap.

STIG

DEB
Ill shoot you where you
stand.

BOBBY
Take the shot.

ADMIRAL
She said to lay down the
weapon.

STIG
Shes kinda got a gun pointed
at me.

Fine.

BOBBY
I got yours.

You got mine.

STIG
If you miss and I get shot...
ADMIRAL
Im gonna count to three.

One.

BLAM-BLAM - Stig and Bobby both fire. Bobby hits Deb in the
chest. Stig puts his through the Admirals eye.
Bobby crosses to Deb who is rapidly bleeding out.
DEB
Say something nice.
BOBBY
You always had a beautiful neck.
Deb dies.
Nearby Stig stands over the Admirals body.

Bobby joins him.

STIG
Think theyll give him a full honor
guard?
BOBBY
Of course they will. Theres no
way theyll admit the truth.
STIG
Well, that sucks.
The remaining CIA helo, its gun cannon locked on, glides out
of the dawn and alights. Earl and the boys climb out. Earl
motions to retrieve the money from the overturned SUV.
EARL
You wont mind if we take back what
was ours all along.

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BOBBY
Would it matter if we did?
THICK
(aside to Earl)
Youre just gonna let them go?
EARL
We have the money. The people who
conspired to steal it are dead.
Weve got no further business with
these gentlemen.
BOBBY
What about the warrants for our
arrest?
EARL
A misunderstanding.
STIG
Both our names are clear?
EARL
I trust youll find your own way
home?
With that Earl climbs back into the helicopter and flies off.
What now?

STIG

Bobby cross to Debs body.

Tosses it to Stig.

Takes the 400k out of her jacket.

BOBBY
For Mama Maybelle.
Thanks.

STIG

BOBBY
There is one more thing.
Bobby gives Stig a look.
STIG
Aw, youre not serious?
BOBBY
Leg or arm?

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STIG
Youre really gonna do this?
BOBBY
Looks like were gonna have to walk
out of here, so Im thinking arm.
STIG
You are a petty, vindictive sonofa-Bobby shoots Stig in the arm.
Ow!

STIG (CONTD)
Motherless-goat-sucking...

BOBBY
Hurts, dont it?
INT. MAMA MABELLES DINER - DAY
Mama opens a brown wrapped packet. Inside is the $400k and a
photo of her son in his dress uniform. On the back of the
photo is a note: A pitiful token in honor of your loss.
On Maybelle.

Moved.

INT. BANK VAULT, 1ST STATE BANK OF CENTERVILLE - DAY

A long line of cash crammed safe deposit boxes. How much
cash? Say 81.53 million? Earl flips the boxes shut. Slides
them into their wall slots. Locks the doors.
EXT. 1ST STATE BANK OF CENTERVILLE - DAY
Centerville, Iowa is a placid mid-western small town.
Exiting the bank Earl gets in a car with Mr. Lean.
ACROSS THE TOWN SQUARE - at a window table in the CENTERVILLE
DINER are Bobby and Stig.
INT. CENTERVILLE DINER - SAME
Stig, his arm in a sling, scans the menu as Bobby watches
Earl drive off.
STIG
I saw some nice looking blueberry
pancakes go by.

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BOBBY
When have I ever ordered pancakes?
STIG
Theres always hope.
The waitress, MARGIE, approaches.
MARGIE THE WAITRESS
What can I get you, boys?
STIG
Well, Margie, I was looking over
the menu here-BOBBY
(cutting to the point)
How are your jelly donuts?
MARGIE THE WAITRESS
To tell the truth, our donuts are
kinda lousy.
BOBBY
I cant tell you how happy we are
to hear that.
THE END

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